apoplexy

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀποπληξία“madness; apoplexy, paralysis”
2. Late Latin · derived fromapoplexia
3. Old French · derived fromapoplexie
4. English todayapoplexy

Late Middle English from Old French apoplexie, from Late Latin apoplexia, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία (apoplēxía, “madness; apoplexy, paralysis”), from ἀποπλήσσω (apoplḗssō, “to cripple by a stroke”) + -ία (-ía, nominal suffix). See plague.