Etymology of the English word diastase
the English word diastase
derived from the French word diastase
derived from the Greek word diastasis, διάστασις
derived from the Greek word stasis, στάσις (a standing (properly, the act); (by analogy) position (existence); by implication, a popular uprising; figuratively, controversy)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stā-
derived from the Greek word diistanai
derived from the Greek word diistemi, διΐστημι (to stand apart; to remove, intervene)