ქაოსი • (k'aosi)=chaos=χάος

ქაოსი • (k'aosi)=chaos=χάος

WIKTIONARY: Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χάος (khaos, “vast chasm, void”)

In Early Modern English used in the sense of the original Greek word. In the meaning primordial matter from the 16th century. Figurative usage in the sense "confusion, disorder" from the 17th century. The technical sense in mathematics and science dates to the 1960s.