paralysis
‘loss or impairment of the ability to move a body part, usually as a result of damage to its nerve supply’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. paralisin, paralisyn, paralisis < Lat. paralysis < Gk. paralysis ‘palsy, loosening’ < paralyein ‘disable, enfeeble’ < para- ‘beside’ + lyein ‘loosen, untie’ < li < leu- < Tamil aṟuttal