Etymology of the English word ecstasy
the English word
ecstasyderived from the Old French word
extasiederived from the Medieval Latin word
extasiederived from the Greek word
ekstasis, ἔκστασις
derived from the Greek word
existanaiderived from the Greek word
histanaiderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*stā-derived from the French word
ecstasyderived from the Greek word
ekstasis, ἔκστασις
derived from the Greek word
existanaiderived from the Greek word
histanaiderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*stā-Date
The earliest known usage of ecstasy in English dates from the 14th century.
Cognates
Dutch
extase, French
extase, German
Ekstase, Italian
estasi, Lithuanian
ekstaze, Norwegian
ekstase, Russian
экcтaз, Spanish
extasis, Swedish
extasUsage
Word found in Modern English
