apoplexy
‘sudden fit of paralysis and dizziness’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. apoplexie, poplexie < O.F. apoplexie < La.Lat. apoplexia < Gk. apoplexia < apoplektos ‘disabled by a stroke, struck dumb’ < apoplēssein ‘to strike down and incapacitate’ < apo- ‘off’ + plēssein ‘to hit’ < apu < apo- < Tamil ava