英语词汇feverfew的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	feverfew
词源	feverfew n. Old English feferfuge, from Late Latin febrifugia, from Latin febris "fever" + fugare "put to flight" (see febrifuge). So called for its medical usage. The modern English word probably is reborrowed from an Anglo-French source. Entries linking to feverfew febrifuge n. "medicine that reduces fever," 1680s, from French fébrifuge, literally "driving fever away," from Latin febris (see fever) + fugare "cause to flee, put to flight, drive off, chase away, rout," also used in reference to banishment and exile, derived verb from fuga "flight," from PIE bhug-a-, suffixed form of root bheug- (1) "to flee" (see fugitive (adj.)). updated on October 30, 2014
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feverfew n.