The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσυσταλτικός
- Latin · derived fromsystalticus“drawing together”
- English todaysystaltic
From Latin systalticus (“drawing together”), from Ancient Greek συσταλτικός (sustaltikós), from συστέλλω (sustéllō). Compare systole.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.