paralyticyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[paralytic 词源字典]
c. 1300 (adj.), late 14c. (n.), from Old French paralitique "paralyzed, unmoving," from Latin paralyticus, from Greek paralytikos, from paralysis (see paralysis).[paralytic etymology, paralytic origin, 英语词源]
paralyze (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1804, from French paralyser (16c.), from Old French paralisie "paralysis," from Latin paralysis (see paralysis). Figurative use from 1805. Related: Paralyzed; paralyzing.
petrified (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1660s, "turned to stone," past participle adjective from petrify (v.). Figurative meaning "paralyzed (with fright, etc.)" is from 1720.