English

keraunoparalysis

From kerauno- (“lightning”) + paralysis.

Formed from kerauno- ‘lightning’ + paralysis

Ancient Greek κεραυνός ‘lightning, thunderbolt’

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’

Today it means

noun Transient weakness in limbs following a lightning strike, often associated with cold, mottled skin.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / keraunoparalysis