legionnaire的词源

英文词源

legionnaire (n.)

1818, from French légionnaire, from légion (see legion). Legionnaires' Disease, caused by Legionella pneumophilia, was named after the lethal outbreak of July 1976 at the American Legion convention in Philadelphia's Bellevue Stratford Hotel. Hence Legionella as the name of the bacterium that causes it.

中文词源

legionnaire：军团成员

来自legion,军团。

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