The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκατάπληξις
- German · derived fromKataplexie
- English todaycataplexy
From German Kataplexie, from Ancient Greek κατάπληξις (katáplēxis), from κατά (katá, “down”) + πλῆξῐς (plêxĭs, “blow, act of striking”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκατάπληξις all →
cataplexis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.