apoplexy的词源

英文词源

apoplexy

apoplexy: [14] The Greek verb apopléssein meant ‘incapacitate by means of a stroke’. It was formed from the prefix apo- ‘away, off’ (here used as an intensive) and the verb pléssein ‘hit’ (source of English plectrum [17] and related to English complain, plangent, plankton, and plague). The derived noun, apoplēxíā, entered English via Latin and Old French.
=> complain, plague, plangent, plankton, plectrum

apoplexy (n.)

late 14c., "sudden fit of paralysis and dizziness," from Old French apoplexie or directly from Late Latin apoplexia, from Greek apoplexia, from apoplessein "to strike down and incapacitate," from apo- "off" (see apo-), in this case probably an intensive prefix, + plessein "hit" (cognates: plague (n.), also with a root sense of "stricken"). The Latin translation, sideratio, means "disease caused by a constellation."

中文词源

apoplexy：中风

发音释义：['æpəpleksɪ] n. 中风

结构分析：apoplexy = apo（离开、倒）+ plexy（击）→击倒→中风

词源解析：plexy←希腊语plexia（击，名词）←希腊语plessein（击，动词）

趣味记忆：apoplexy→谐音“阿婆扑来个蛇” →阿婆吓得中风了→中风

同源词：plague（瘟疫），plectrum（琴拨）

衍生词：apoplectic（中风的、中风患者）

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：apoplexy 词源，apoplexy 含义。

apoplexy：中风

前缀apo-, 从，离开，此处表强调。词根plex, 同pleg, 击，打，见paraplegia, 瘫痪。

apoplexy：中风

希腊前缀apo-与off同源，这里表强调，plexy部分表a hitting，与plague [pleɪg] n.瘟疫；灾祸；麻烦；讨厌的人，vt.折磨；使苦恼和plangent ['plæn(d)ʒ(ə)nt] adj.轰鸣的；凄切的（hitting of one's breast）同根。所以，apoplexy的字面意思就是a hitting down。