英语词汇atopy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	atopy
词源	atopy n. type of abnormal hypersensitiveness, 1923, coined by Edward D. Perry, professor of Greek at Columbia University, at the request of medical men, from Greek atopia "unusualness, strangeness, a being out of the way," from atopos "out of place, strange, odd, eccentric," from a- "not, without" (see a- (3)) + topos "place" (see topos). Entries linking to atopy 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." topos n. "literary theme," 1948, from Greek topos, literally "place, region, space," also "subject of a speech," a word of uncertain origin. "The broad semantic range renders etymologizing difficult" [Beekes]. atopic adj. "pertaining to or characteristic of atopy," 1923, from atopy + -ic. updated on September 28, 2022
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atopy n.