Praxia, Praxis: Etymology

apraxia

medical L., from Ger. apraxie (H. Steinthal, 1871), from Gk. apraxia "inaction," from privative prefix a- + praxis "a doing, action, business."

echopraxia

1904, from Gk. ekho (see echo) + praxis "action" (see praxis).

praxis

1580s, from M.L. praxis "practice, action" (mid-13c., opposite of theory), from Gk. praxis "practice, action, doing," from stem of prassein "to do, to act."