The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀποπληκτικός
- Late Latin · derived fromapoplēcticus
- French · borrowed fromapoplectique
- English todayapoplectic
From French apoplectique, from Late Latin apoplēcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληκτικός (apoplēktikós), from ἀπόπληκτος (apóplēktos), from ἀποπλήσσω (apoplḗssō), from ἀπό (apó, “of, from”) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “I strike”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.