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hypostatic union
Hypostatic union comes from Byzantine Greek ἕνωσις καθ’ ὑπόστασιν.
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453ἕνωσις καθ’ ὑπόστασινliterally ‘union according to the hypostasis’
- Englishtodayhypostatic union
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- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453ἕνωσις καθ’ ὑπόστασινliterally ‘union according to the hypostasis’
- Englishtodayhypostatic union
Made of the words hypostatic + union
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’
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Ancient Greek ὑφίστημι ‘to stand under’
Ancient Greek ὑπόστασις ‘foundation, base’
Ancient Greek ὑποστατικός
Latin hypostaticus
English hypostatic
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’
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Latin ūnus ‘one’
Late Latin ūniō ‘oneness’
Old French union
Middle English unyoun
English union
Every English word from Byzantine Greek ἕνωσις καθ’ ὑπόστασιν
Today it means
noun In Chalcedonian Christianity, the unity of the two natures of Jesus Christ, divine and human, in a single individual person or hypostasis.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Byzantine Greek ἕνωσις καθ’ ὑπόστασιν / hypostatic union