alveolus的词源

英文词源

alveolus (n.)

1706, from Latin alveolus "a tray, trough, basin; bed of a small river," diminutive of alvus "belly, stomach, paunch, bowels; hold of a ship," from PIE *aulo- "hole, cavity" (cognates: Greek aulos "tube, pipe," Old Church Slavonic uliji, Lithuanian aulys "beehive" (hollow trunk), Armenian yli "pregnant").

中文词源

alveolus：腺泡

来自PIE*aulo, 洞，腔。此处字母u, l位置转换。-ol, 小词后缀。应用于生理学。

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