English
hypostatize
Hypostatize comes from Ancient Greek ὑποστατίζω ‘I hypostatize’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὑποστατίζω‘I hypostatize’
- Englishearliest quotation 1887hypostatize
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὑποστατίζω‘I hypostatize’
- Englishearliest quotation 1887hypostatize
Earliest quotation: 1887, Thomas Henry Huxley, Scientific and Pseudo-scientific Realism: “On the other hand, there were a few who…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek ὑποστατίζω
Today it means
verb To render into, or regard as, a separate and distinct substance; to construe a contextually-subjective and complex abstraction, idea, or concept as a universal object without regard to nuance or change in character.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ὑποστατίζω / hypostatize