Aleptic
/əˈlɛptɪk/noun
Not epileptic or not subject to epilepsy.
Did you know?Aleptic is built with Greek a- meaning “not” plus a form related to lambanō, “to take or seize,” the same root behind epilepsy.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*slambh-
“To seize, take, or grasp; a reconstructed ancestral root”
Ancient Greek
Greek
λαμβάνω (lambanō)
“I take, seize, or grasp”
Ancient Greek
Greek
ληπτός (lēptos)
“Taken, seized, or capable of being seized”
Ancient Greek
Greek
ἄληπτος (alēptos)
“Not seized; not subject to seizure”
19th Century
English
aleptic
“Not epileptic, especially in medical terminology”
Modern English
English
aleptic
“Relating to a person or condition that is not epileptic”