英语词汇atrophy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	atrophy
词源	atrophy n. "a wasting away through lack of nourishment," 1610s (atrophied is from 1590s), from French atrophie, from Late Latin atrophia, from Greek atrophia "a wasting away," abstract noun from atrophos "ill-fed, un-nourished," from a- "not, without" (see a- (3)) + trophē "nourishment," from trephein "to fatten" (see -trophy). atrophy v. "to waste away," 1808, from atrophy (n.). Related: Atrophied; atrophying. Entries linking to atrophy 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." -trophy word-forming element meaning "food, nourishment," from Greek -trophia, from trophe "food, nourishment," related to trephein "make thrive, nourish, rear; to make solid, congeal, thicken." atrophic adj. "pertaining to or characterized by atrophy," 1819; see atrophy + -ic. updated on September 28, 2022
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atrophy n.

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