The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκατάπληξις“amazement, consternation”
- English todaycataplexis
From Ancient Greek κατάπληξις (katáplēxis, “amazement, consternation”), from καταπλήσσω (kataplḗssō, “to amaze, astound”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκατάπληξις all →
cataplexy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.