English
enstasis
Enstasis comes from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις ‘displacement from proper place’, and goes back to ἐξίστημι.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐξίστημιexístēmi‘to displace’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἔκστασιςékstasis‘displacement from proper place’
- Englishtodayenstasis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐξίστημιexístēmi‘to displace’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἔκστασιςékstasis‘displacement from proper place’
- Englishtodayenstasis
The story
Attested in 1948.
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἐξίστημι
Today it means
noun Contemplation of one's own self.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἐξίστημι / enstasis