Etymology

eclampsia

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Today it means: A complication of pregnancy characterized by seizures and coma due to hypertension. Full definition →

New Latin eclampsia ← French éclampsie ← Ancient Greek ἔκλᾰμψῐς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἔκλᾰμψῐς“sudden development, violent onset”
  2. French · derived froméclampsie
  3. New Latin · borrowed fromeclampsia
  4. English todayeclampsia

Borrowed from New Latin eclampsia, from French éclampsie, from Ancient Greek ἔκλᾰμψῐς (éklămpsĭs, “sudden development, violent onset”, literally “brightness”), from ἐκλᾰ́μπω (eklắmpō, “to shine or beam forth; to burst forth violently”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, nominal suffix).

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