英语词汇quinsy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	quinsy
词源	quinsy. Quinsy, a suppurating (pus-producing) inflamma- tion of the tonsils, or suppurative tonsilitis, comes to us from the Latin quinancia, which, in turn, derives from the Greek ku- nanche—which means, simply, “a sore throat.” The Greek ku- nanche comes from kuon anche, “dog strangulation,” because people suffering from the malady “throw open the mouth like dogs, especially mad dogs.”
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