英语词汇ataraxia的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	ataraxia
词源	ataraxia n. often Englished as ataraxy, c. 1600, "calmness, impassivity," a term used by stoics and skeptics, from Modern Latin, from Greek ataraxia "impassiveness," from a- "not, without" (see a- (3)) + tarassein (Attic tarattein) "to disturb, confuse" (from PIE root dhrehgh- "to confuse"). It seems to have been disused; when ataraxia appeared in print in English in 1858 it was regarded as a neologism. Entries linking to ataraxia* a- 3 prefix meaning "not, without," from Greek a-, an- "not" (the "alpha privative"), from PIE root ne- "not" (source also of English un-). In words from Greek, such as abysmal, adamant, amethyst; also partly nativized as a prefix of negation (asexual, amoral, agnostic). The ancient alpha privatum, denoting want or absence. Greek also had an alpha copulativum, a- or ha-, expressing union or likeness, which is the a- expressing "together" in acolyte, acoustic, Adelphi, etc. It is from PIE root sem- (1) "one; as one, together with." ataractic adj. 1906, of persons, "calm, serene," from Latinized form of Greek ataraktos "not disturbed" (see ataraxia) + -ic. From 1955 of drugs, "inducing calmness." updated on September 27, 2022
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ataraxia n.