allergy的词源
英文词源
- allergy
- allergy: [20] Allergy was borrowed from German allergie, which was coined in 1906 by the scientist C E von Pirquet. He formed it from Greek allos ‘other, different’ and érgon ‘work’ (source of English energy and related to English work). Its original application was to a changed physiological condition caused by an injection of some foreign substance.
=> energy, work - allergy (n.)
- 1911, from German Allergie, coined 1906 by Austrian pediatrician Clemens E. von Pirquet (1874-1929) from Greek allos "other, different, strange" (see alias (adv.)) + ergon "activity" (see organ).
中文词源
发音释义:['ælədʒɪ] n. 过敏症;反感;厌恶
结构分析:allergy = all(e)(另一个)+ ergy(反应)→另一种反应→不正常反应→过敏症
词源解释:alle←希腊语allos(另一个),ergy←希腊语ergon(活动、活性)
背景知识:1906 年,奥地利儿科医师皮尔凯(Pirquet)发现许多病人在第二次注射由马血清制成的天花疫苗的时候,都产生了严重的病理反应。他首次将这种现象称之为allergy,由希腊语allos(另一个)和ergon(活动、活性)构成,原意为“另一种反应”,我国则译为“变态反应”,即“过敏反应”。皮尔凯也因此被国际公认为过敏反应之父。
趣味记忆:allergy→谐音“挨了急”→挨着了就会产生急性反应→过敏症
同源词:alias(别名),energy(能量),synergy(协同)
衍生词:allergic(过敏的),allergen(过敏原)
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:allergy 词源,allergy 含义。
词根alle, 相异,不同。词根erg, 驱动,同urge, work.
allergy:(对食物、花粉、虫咬等的)过敏症
n. (对食物、花粉、虫咬等的)过敏症
来源于德语allergie,其由来自于希腊语的allos(其它,不同)和ergon(行动,工作)复合而成,原始意义是“外来注射物引起的变化的生理状况”。
词根词缀: all-其它,不同 + -erg-工作 + -y名词词尾