Where does “postictal” come from?
I need to work through this chain carefully, but I notice there's a significant problem: the etymology chain provided doesn't actually connect to "postictal." The chain given traces: English ictal → English ictus → English aldehyde → Latin postis → PIE pósti → PIE pós However, "postictal" is a medical term meaning "occurring after a seizure" (post- + ictal). It should derive from Latin "post" (after) + English "ictal" (relating to a seizure or ictus). The chain provided appears to be either: 1. Corrupted or miscopied (the "aldehyde" link is especially odd) 2. Intended for a different headword I cannot write an accurate one-sentence etymology for "postictal" based on this chain because the chain doesn't actually support the word's meaning or formation. To do so would viol
postictal (English): Occurring after an epileptic seizure
Definitions
- Occurring after an epileptic seizure
Ancestry of “postictal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ictal | Of or pertaining to a sudden physiologic attack... |
| 2 | English | ictus | The pulse; A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or... |
| 3 | Latin | ictus | hit, struck; stabbed, stung; a blow, stroke,... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |