-plegiacomb. form

Etymology: < post-classical Latin -plegia (in e.g. hemiplegia hemiplegia n.) < Hellenistic Greek -πληγία (in e.g. ἀποπληγία apoplexy) < ancient Greek πληγή blow, stroke (see plaga n.) + -ία -ia suffix¹. Compare French -plégie, German -plegie.Recorded from the late 16th cent. onwards in loans from Greek, via post-classical Latin, as hemiplegia n., paraplegia n. Formations within English are found from the 19th cent., as iridoplegia n. at irido- comb. form . Chiefly combining with first elements ultimately of Greek origin, although compare quadriplegia n., with a first element ultimately of Latin origin.