英语词汇euthanasia的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	euthanasia
词源	euthanasia n. 1640s, "a gentle and easy death," from Greek euthanasia "an easy or happy death," from eu- "good" (see eu-) + thanatos "death" (see thanatology) + abstract noun ending -ia. Slightly earlier in Englished form euthanasy (1630s). Sense of "legally sanctioned mercy killing" is recorded in English by 1869. Entries linking to euthanasia eu- word-forming element, in modern use meaning "good, well," from Greek eus "good," eu "well" (adv.), also "luckily, happily" (opposed to kakos), as a noun, "the right, the good cause," from PIE (e)su- "good" (source also of Sanskrit su- "good," Avestan hu- "good"), originally a suffixed form of root es- "to be." In compounds the Greek word had more a sense of "greatness, abundance, prosperity," and was opposed to dys-. thanatology n. "scientific study of death," 1837, from thanato- "death" + -logy. In 1970s, some undertakers made a bid to be called thanatologists; but from 1974 that word has been used principally in reference to specialists in the needs of the terminally ill. eu-thanatology (n.)-ia*es-euthanize (v.) updated on December 12, 2014
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euthanasia n.