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Anastasia

/ˌænəˈsteɪʒə/noun

A woman's given name, common wherever the Orthodox calendar is kept.

The Greek roots

ἀνά
aná
up, again
+
στάσις
stásis
standing

Literally: standing up again

The story of the word

Ἀνάστασις is the Greek word for the Resurrection, so the name is a theological statement rather than a description. Greek Christians call the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem the Ναός τῆς Ἀναστάσεως, the Church of the Resurrection. Saint Anastasia is commemorated on 25 December, which kept the name attached to Christmas in both the eastern and western calendars.

How it travelled
Ancient Greek → Latin → English

Same family

stasisstaticapostasyhomeostasis

In a sentence

Her passport says Anastasia and everyone else says Natasa.

Built on the same root

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