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apocatastasis
Apocatastasis comes from Latin apocatastasis ‘restoration, return’, from Ancient Greek ἀποκαθίστημι ‘to stand up again’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-‘to stand up’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*stísteh₂ti‘to be standing up, to be getting up’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hístāmi‘to stand’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἵστημι‘to make stand, set up’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκαθίστημι‘to set down, stop, bring to land’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀποκαθίστημιapokathístēmi‘to stand up again’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀποκατάστασιςapokatástasis‘restoration, reëstablishment’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEapocatastasis‘restoration, return’
- Englishearliest quotation 1678same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-‘to stand up’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*stísteh₂ti‘to be standing up, to be getting up’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hístāmi‘to stand’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἵστημι‘to make stand, set up’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκαθίστημι‘to set down, stop, bring to land’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀποκαθίστημιapokathístēmi‘to stand up again’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀποκατάστασιςapokatástasis‘restoration, reëstablishment’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEapocatastasis‘restoration, return’
- Englishearliest quotation 1678same form
Earliest quotation: 1678, Julius Firmicus, The true intellectual system of the universe: “The Egyptians were the first assertors of the soul's…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand up’
state, post, rest, stay, stand, constitution, distance, stood, contest, stadium, instance, stable, stem, establishment, establish, stability, destiny, instant, testimony, destination, substance, distant, prostitution, stud, prostitute, stool, substitution, stationary, extant, stamina, stale, stead, testimonial, destitute, attest, stow, distal, astute, oust, detest, 138 more
through Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti ‘to be standing up, to be getting up’
consistent, assistant, assistance, assist, resist, insist, persistent, consist, persist, solstice, armistice, subsistence, desist, existentialist, 30 more
through Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi ‘to stand’
metastatic, hydrostatic, 24 more
through Ancient Greek ἵστημι ‘to make stand, set up’
Today it means
noun An apocalypse leading to the remaking of the world rather than a Final Judgment, (Christianity) an Origenist doctrine condemned by the 543 C.E. Synod of Constantinople.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- / apocatastasis