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anastasis

Anastasis comes from Ancient Greek ἀνάστασις ‘resurrection’, from ἀνίστημι ‘rise up’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand up’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-1‘to stand up’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stísteh₂ti2‘to be standing up, to be getting up’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hístāmi2‘to stand’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῐ̔́στημῐ3‘to stand’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνίστημι4‘rise up’
  6. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνάστασις5anástasis‘resurrection’
  7. Englishtodayanastasis5

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἵστημι
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἀνίστημι
  4. 4 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἀνάστασις
  5. 5 Wiktionary, English anastasis

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti‘to stand up’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stísteh₂tiWiktionary, Ancient Greek ἵστημι‘to be standing up, to be getting up’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hístāmiWiktionary, Ancient Greek ἵστημι‘to stand’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῐ̔́στημῐWiktionary, Ancient Greek ἀνίστημι‘to stand’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνίστημιWiktionary, Ancient Greek ἀνάστασις‘rise up’
  6. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνάστασιςWiktionary, English anastasisanástasis‘resurrection’
  7. EnglishtodayanastasisWiktionary, English anastasis

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand up’

state, post, rest, stay, stand, constitution, stood, contest, stadium, distance, stable, instance, stem, establishment, testimony, destiny, stability, establish, destination, instant, substance, prostitution, stud, distant, prostitute, stool, substitution, stationary, attest, stale, stead, testimonial, destitute, extant, stamina, stow, astute, oust, detest, distal, 137 more

through Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti ‘to be standing up, to be getting up’

consistent, assistant, assistance, assist, resist, persistent, insist, consist, persist, solstice, armistice, subsistence, metastatic, desist, hydrostatic, existentialist, 30 more

through Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi ‘to stand’

system, static, histone, stater, 26 more

Today it means

noun a recovery from a debilitating condition, especially irradiation of human tissue

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “anastasis”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, Ancient Greek ἵστημι, Ancient Greek ἀνίστημι, Ancient Greek ἀνάστασις. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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