English
acrasy
Acrasy comes from Late Latin acrasia ‘lack of temperance’, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κρᾱσῐ́ᾱ ‘bad mixture’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- ‘to mix’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱerh₂-‘to mix’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kírnāmi‘to mix’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκεράννυμι‘to mix’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEᾰ̓́κρᾱτος‘unmixed’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEᾰ̓κρᾱσῐ́ᾱăkrāsĭ́ā‘bad mixture’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEacrasia‘lack of temperance’
- Englishearliest quotation 1847acrasy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱerh₂-‘to mix’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kírnāmi‘to mix’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκεράννυμι‘to mix’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEᾰ̓́κρᾱτος‘unmixed’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEᾰ̓κρᾱσῐ́ᾱăkrāsĭ́ā‘bad mixture’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEacrasia‘lack of temperance’
- Englishearliest quotation 1847acrasy
Earliest quotation: 1847, The Reasoner: “There will be hesitancy in what is said, and…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- ‘to mix’
horn, cheer, hart, cerebral, corny, migraine, crater, cornea, carotid, cairn, cornet, cerebellum, keratin, procrastinate, cranium, cerebrum, rother, 51 more
through Ancient Greek κεράννυμι ‘to mix’
Today it means
noun Synonym of acrasia (“lack of self-control; intemperance, excess; also, irregular or unruly behaviour”); (countable) an instance of this.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- / acrasy