英语词汇ascorbic的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	ascorbic
词源	ascorbic adj. 1933 (in ascorbic acid), from a- (2) "off, away from" + scorbic, scorbutic "of scurvy," from Medieval Latin scorbuticus "scurvy," which is perhaps of German or Dutch origin. Originally in reference to Vitamin C, which is an anti-scorbutic. Entries linking to ascorbic a- 2 word-forming element meaning "away," from Latin a "off, of, away from," the usual form of Latin ab before consonants (see ab-). As in avert, avocation. It is also the a in a priori and the à in Thomas à Kempis, Thomas à Becket. updated on February 19, 2017
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ascorbic adj.