Where does “paralysie cérébrale” come from?

paralysie cérébrale (French) comes from French paralysie, from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις, from Ancient Greek παραλύω, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ-, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos — horse.

paralysie cérébrale (French): cerebral palsy

Definitions

  1. cerebral palsy

Ancestry of “paralysie cérébrale”, step by step

paralysie cérébrale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French paralysie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchparalysieparalysis
2Latinparalysisparalysis, palsy
3Ancient Greekπαράλυσιςparalysis
4Ancient Greekπαραλύωto weaken, to cause sickness or illness
5Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ-near; next to; by, near
6Ancient Greekπαρά
7LatinverēdusA fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter
8Gaulishwerēdoshorse
9Proto-Celtic*uɸoreidoshorse

via French cérébrale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcérébrale
Every word from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidosEvery word from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ-Every word from Gaulish werēdos