Pepsi的词源

英文词源

dyspepsia (n.)

1706, from Late Latin dyspepsia or a back-formation from dyspeptic (q.v.). Its opposite is eupepsia.

Pepsi-Cola

U.S. patent filed Sept. 23, 1902, by Caleb D. Bradham (1867-1934), pharmacist and drugstore owner of New Bern, N.C., probably from pepsin; early Pepsi ads tout it as a digestive aid.

pepsin (n.)

also pepsine, fermin in gastric juice, used medicinally for cases of indigestion, 1844, coined in German (Theodor Schwann, 1835) from Greek pepsis "digestion," from stem pep- (see peptic) + -in (2).

eupepsia

"Good digestion; absence of indigestion", Early 18th century: from Greek eupepsia, from eupeptos (see eupeptic).

中文词源

Pepsi（百事可乐）：可以促进胃部消化的碳酸饮料

百事可乐最初于19世纪90年代由美国北加洲一位名为Caleb Braham的药剂师所造， 以碳酸水、糖、香草、生油、胃蛋白酶制成。该药物最初是用于治理胃部疾病，后来被命名 为“Pepsi”并于1903年6月16日将之注册为商标。

百事可乐的英文名称Pepsi来自表示“胃蛋白酶”的单词pepsin，后者源自希腊语名词 pepsis (消化），与单词peptic (有助于消化的）同源。

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