What is the origin of the word chaotic?

Answer 1

I'm really not all that sure, but I believe it comes from Greek Mythology, where Chaos was thought to be the original void of existence - but I'm not completely sure, so if I'm wrong, and anyone knows the correct answer, please feel free to change this!

Answer 2

Greek. The word chaos comes to us from the word Khaos. The concept behind Khaos is a nothingness, a vast void, shapeless and without form or understandable substance .... like outer space or a topsy-turvy black hole of sorts. In ancient Greek thought this "void" was the origin of all things. It was a place or state of being from which all things emerged, in which all things had existed prior to becoming separate and distinct things, a place or state of being where everything was shapeless and indistinct, matter and space and time all without definition. Furthermore, the Earth (Gaia) sprung (or was born) from the void (Khaos); as did Eros and Tartarus. The Earth (Gaia) then gave birth to Uranos (sky or heavens). Earth and Sky (Gaia and Uranos) were the progenitors of the Titans, who in their turn were the progenitors of the Olympian gods. Unlike the modern black hole, which never lets anything go, the Khaos was the source of all in the minds of the ancient Greeks.

Answer 3

The word chaotic is derived from the Greek word Chaos. Chaos, the Greeks believed, was a dark, vast abyss of confusion that was there before the creation of the world.

Answer 4

the root word of chaos is he greek word khaos