Etymology of the French word diastase
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)