paralysis
English
/pəˈɹæləsəs/
noun
Definitions
- (pathology) The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a person's body, such as one or more limbs.
- A state of being unable to act.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin paralysis derived from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (palsy) root from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (bend, in front, before).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*preh₂-
Gloss
bend, in front, before
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
前
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acroparalysis English
- analysis English
- analysis paralysis English
- angioparalysis English
- hemiparalysis English
- immunoparalysis English
- iridoparalysis English
- keraunoparalysis English
- laryngoparalysis English
- neuroparalysis English
- parasol English
- paresis English
- preternature English
- pseudoparalysis English
- vasoparalysis English
- parabola Latin
- paralysis Latin
- prae- Latin
- praecido Latin
- praecisus Latin
- praefero Latin
- praelatus Latin
- praepondero Latin
- praepondero, praeponderare Latin
- praesciō Latin
- praesentāre Latin
- praeter Latin
- pratum Latin
- prehensiōnem Latin
- prāvitā(tem), prāvitātem Latin
- prāvus Latin
- Paralyse German
- paralízis Hungarian
- pravamente Italian
- precipitevolissimevolmente Italian
- prefettizio Italian
- prelatizio Italian
- prelato Italian
- presentimento Italian
- presentire Italian
- paralysie French
- précis French
- précision French
- παρά Ancient Greek
- παράλειψις Ancient Greek
- παράλυσις Ancient Greek
- παραβολή Ancient Greek
- παραλύω Ancient Greek
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *préh₂i, *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *skey- Proto-Indo-European
- *furi Proto-Germanic
- paraliż Polish
- *реr-kъ, *perkъ Proto-Slavic
- paràlisi Catalan, Valencian
- pris Albanian
- precision Middle French
- paralisie xno