saline的词源

英文词源

saline (adj.)

"made of salt," c. 1500, probably from a Latin word related to salinum "salt cellar" and salinae "salt pits," from sal (genitive salis) "salt" (see salt (n.)). Also in Middle English as a noun meaning "salt pit" (13c.). Saline solution attested from 1833.

中文词源

saline：含盐的，咸的

来自通俗拉丁语*salamen,盐渍物，来自 sal,盐，词源同 salt.-ine,形容词后缀。

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