English
analysis paralysis
From analysis + paralysis.
A compound of analysis + paralysis
Ancient Greek λύω ‘to loosen’
Ancient Greek ἀναλύω ‘to unravel, investigate’
Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις ‘a loosing, releasing’
Medieval Latin analysis
English analysis
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- ‘to cut off, separate, free’
Ancient Greek λύω ‘loosen’
Ancient Greek παραλύω ‘to disable on one side’
Ancient Greek παράλυσις ‘palsy’
Latin paralysis ‘paralysis, palsy’
English paralysis
Today it means
noun The condition of being unable to make a decision due to the availability of too much information which must be processed in order for the decision to be made.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / analysis paralysis