Where does “paralytic abasia” come from?
paralytic abasia (English) comes from English paralytic, from French paralytique, from Latin paralyticus, from Ancient Greek παραλυτικός, from Ancient Greek παραλύω, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ-, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus — horse.
paralytic abasia (English): Inability to walk due to paralysis of leg muscles
Definitions
- Inability to walk due to paralysis of leg muscles
Ancestry of “paralytic abasia”, step by step
paralytic abasia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English paralytic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paralytic | Someone suffering from paralysis; A drug that... |
| 2 | French | paralytique | paralytic |
| 3 | Latin | paralyticus | paralyzed, paralytic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παραλυτικός | paralyzed |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παραλύω | to weaken, to cause sickness or illness |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πᾰρᾰ- | near; next to; by, near |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παρά | |
| 8 | Latin | verēdus | A fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter |
| 9 | Gaulish | werēdos | horse |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | *uɸoreidos | horse |
via English abasia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | abasia | An inability to walk due to a defect in muscular... |
| 2 | New Latin | a- | without; not, absence of; Alternative form of ab- |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βάσις | step; rhythm; foot |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷə́tis | step |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷémtis | step, act of walking |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷem- | to step |