- epileptic (adj.)
[epileptic 词源字典]
- c. 1600, from French épileptique, from Late Latin epilepticus, from Greek epileptikos, from stem of epilambanein "to seize" (see epilepsy). Earlier adjective was epilentic (late 14c.), from a Greek variant. As a noun from 1650s.[epileptic etymology, epileptic origin, 英语词源]