dose的词源
英文词源
- dose
- dose: [15] A dose is literally ‘that which is given to one’ – etymologically and semantically, it is a parallel formation to donation. It comes via French dose and late Latin dosis from Greek dósis, a derivative of the verb didónai ‘give’ (which is related to English date, donate, etc). It originally meant simply ‘giving, gift’, but was used by Greek physicians such as Galen for ‘portion of medicine administered’, and it is that application that has proved most durable. The modern slang sense ‘venereal infection’ dates from just before World War I.
=> date, donate - dose (n.)
- early 15c., "the giving of medicine (in a specified amount or at a stated time)," from Middle French dose (15c.) or directly from Late Latin dosis, from Greek dosis "a portion prescribed," literally "a giving," used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from stem of didonai "to give" (see date (n.1)). Slang meaning "venereal disease" is from 1914.
- dose (v.)
- 1650s, from dose (n.). Related: Dosed; dosing.
中文词源
来自词根don, 给予，词源同data, donate. 引申词义一剂。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：dose 词源，dose 含义。
antidote（解药，解毒剂）的前缀anti-表“相反，相抗”，如antiwar（反战的）等；词根dot表“给”，如anecdote（趣闻轶事）的词根dot；所以该词的本义即“被给出、被提供的相反、相抗衡之物”。dose的词根dos=dot，本义为“that which is given to one”。
