1650s, "want of symmetry or proportion," from Greek asymmetria "want of proportion or harmony," abstract noun from asymmetros "having no common measure; disproportionate, unsymmetrical," from a- "not" (see a- (3)) + symmetros "commensurable" (see symmetry).
Astyanax
asunder
asylee
asylum
asymmetrical
asymmetry
asymptomatic
asymptote
asymptotic
asynchronous
asyndetic