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torpor
1607, from L.
torpor
"numbness," from
torpere
"be numb," from PIE base
*ster-
"stiff" (cf. O.C.S.
trupeti
, Lith.
tirpstu
"to become rigid;" Gk.
stereos
"solid;" O.E.
steorfan
"to die;" see
sterile
).