英语词汇distillation的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	distillation
词源	distillation n. late 14c., "process or act of distilling," from Medieval Latin distillationem (nominative distillatio), noun of action from past-participle stem of Latin distillare "to trickle down in minute drops" (see distill). Meaning "a product of distilling" is from early 15c. Entries linking to distillation distill v. also distil, late 14c., distillen, "to let fall in drops" (transitive); early 15c., "to drop, trickle, drip, fall in drops" (intransitive), from Old French distiller (14c.), from Latin distillare "trickle down in minute drops," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + stillare "to drip, drop," from stilla "drop," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps from a PIE root *sti-. De Vaan compares Greek stile "drop;" Lithuanian styri "to become stiff," Old Norse stira "to be rigid, stiff," but has doubts about all of them. From late 14c. as "obtain or extract by distillation;" from c. 1400 as "subject to distillation." Related: Distilled; distilling. updated on September 08, 2018
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distillation n.