gangrene的词源

英文词源

gangrene (n.)

"putrefaction or necrosis of soft tissues," 1540s, cancrena, from Latin gangraena (Medieval Latin cancrena), from medical Greek gangraina "an eating or gnawing sore," literally "that which eats away," dissimilated reduplicated form of gran- "to gnaw," from PIE root *gras- "to devour" (see gastric).

中文词源

gangrene：坏疽

来自PIE*gras, 吞噬，吞食，词源同cress, voracity. 前面的gan为gren的韵律重复，参照gregarious.

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