英语词汇anaemia的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	anaemia
词源	anaemia n. "deficiency of blood in a living body," 1824, a medical term from French (1761), from Latinized form of Greek anaimia "lack of blood," from anaimos "bloodless," from an- "without" (see an- (1)) + haima "blood" (see -emia). Entries linking to anaemia an- 1 privative prefix, from Greek an-, "not, without" (from PIE root ne- "not"). The Greek prefix is a fuller form of the one represented in English by a- (3). -emia word-forming element in pathology meaning "condition of the blood," Modern Latin combining form of Greek haima (genitive haimatos) "blood," a word of no established etymology (replacing the usual IE word, represented in Greek by ear; possibly from uncertain PIE root sei- "to drip" (compare Old High German seim "virgin honey," Welsh hufen), but according to Beekes this proposal "cannot explain the Greek vocalism." an- (1)-emiaanaemic (adj.)anemia (n.) updated on January 07, 2017
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anaemia n.