incontinence的词源

英文词源

incontinence (n.)

late 14c., "inability to restrain sexual desire, sexual immorality," later "inability to keep to a religious rule" (early 15c.), from Old French incontinence "lack of abstinence, unchastity" (12c.) or directly from Latin incontinentia "greediness; incontinence," noun of quality from incontinens "incontinent, immoderate, intemperate" (see incontinent). Meaning "inability to retain bodily functions" is from 1754.

中文词源

incontinence：失禁

in-,不，非，continence,控制，节制。即无法控制的，后多用于指人的大小便失禁。

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