Etymology of the French word epilepsy
the French word epilepsy
derived from the Greek word epilepsia, ἐπιληψία
derived from the Greek word epilambanein
using the Greek prefix epi-, ἐπι-
derived from the Byzantine Greek word epi, ἐπί (upon; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case); over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.)
derived from the Greek word lambanein, λαμβάνω