The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκαταφορά“a bringing down, a lethargic attack”
- Latin · derived fromcataphora“a coma”
- English todaycataphor
From Latin cataphora (“a coma”), from Ancient Greek καταφορά (kataphorá, “a bringing down, a lethargic attack”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.