'asyndesis' originates from Greek, specifically the word 'asyndesis', where the prefix 'a-' meant 'not' and 'syndesis' meant 'binding together'.

'asyndesis' entered English via scholarly and rhetorical Latin/Modern usage from Greek 'asyndesis' (ἀσύνδεσις) and has been used in discussions of rhetoric and grammar since classical and post-classical studies.

Initially derived from the literal sense of 'lack of binding together', it evolved in rhetorical contexts to mean the deliberate omission of conjunctions between parts of a sentence.