Apistic
/əˈpɪstɪk/noun
Lacking faith or belief; unbelieving.
Did you know?Apistic comes from Greek apistos, a word used for someone considered faithless, disbelieving, or untrustworthy—not merely skeptical in the modern sense.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bheidh-
“To trust, rely on, or persuade”
Ancient Greek
Greek
peithō
“I persuade; I win someone’s confidence”
Ancient Greek
Greek
pistos
“Trustworthy, faithful, or believed”
Ancient Greek
Greek
apistos
“Without faith; unbelieving or untrustworthy”
Late Greek
Greek
apistikos
“Unbelieving or characterized by lack of faith”
Modern English
English
apistic
“Lacking faith or belief”