the Occident的词源

英文词源

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ptomaine

ptomaine: [19] Ptomaine denotes etymologically ‘matter from a corpse’. It comes via French ptomaïne from Italian ptomaina, which was based on Greek ptōma ‘corpse’. This in turn was derived from the verb píptein ‘fall’, and originally meant literally ‘fallen body’. The term was coined to name substances produced by decomposing flesh.

中文词源

the Occident：西方，西洋

专有名词。来自oc-,向前，朝向，-cid,掉落，词源同case,deciduous.即太阳下山的方向，用于指西方，西洋。比较Orient.

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：the Occident 词源，the Occident 含义。