caries的词源

英文词源

caries (n.)

1630s, from Latin caries "rottenness, decay," from Proto-Italic *kas-, usually said to be from PIE root *kere- "to injure, break apart" (cognates: Greek ker "death, destruction," Old Irish krin "withered, faded"). Related: Carious. But de Vaan writes that "semantically, caries may just as well belong to careocared 'to lack' as 'defect, state of defectiveness' ...."

中文词源

caries：龋齿

来自PIE *sker, 砍，切，词源同caret,shear. 即缺了一块的牙齿。

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