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Where does “alferecía” come from?

alferecía (Spanish) comes from Andalusian Arabic الفَالِجِيَّة, from Arabic فَالِج, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία, from Ancient Greek ἀποπλήσσω, from Ancient Greek ἀπο-, from Ancient Greek ἀπό, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος — to push, to hit.

alferecía (Spanish): infantile epilepsy

Definitions

  1. infantile epilepsy

Ancestry of “alferecía”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Andalusian Arabicالفَالِجِيَّة—
2Arabicفَالِجstroke
3Ancient GreekἀποπληξίαMadness; Apoplexy, paralysis
4Ancient GreekἀποπλήσσωI strike to earth; I cripple with a stroke,...
5Ancient Greekἀπο-Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating...
6Ancient Greekἀπόfrom, away from; because of, as a result of
7Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
8Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
9Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
10Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
11Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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