myEtymology.com: Greek etymology of hemiplegia

Etymology of the Greek word hemiplegia (ἡμιπληγία)

the Late Greek word hemiplegia, ἡμιπληγία

using the Greek prefix hemi-, ἡμι-

using the Greek suffix -plegia, -πληγία

derived from the Greek word plege, πληγή (stroke; a stroke; by implication, a wound; figuratively, a calamity)

Word found in Late Greek