κρῐ́σῐς • (krísis) -- [n.]Originally, this Ancient Greek word (used by Hippocrates and Galen in terms of - what is know nowadays as - the earliest practice of medicine ever) was Latinized (over Rome) to the word 'crisis'  and - early 15th century - came into the Middle English language from where it quickly acquired a general … Continue reading κρῐ́σῐς →