idiosyncrasy的词源

英文词源

idiosyncrasy (n.)

c. 1600, from French idiosyncrasie, from Greek idiosynkrasia "a peculiar temperament," from idios "one's own" (see idiom) + synkrasis "temperament, mixture of personal characteristics," from syn "together" (see syn-) + krasis "mixture" (see rare (adj.2)). Originally in English a medical term meaning "physical constitution of an inpidual." Mental sense first attested 1660s.

中文词源

idiosyncrasy：习性，特征

idio-,个人的，syn-,表加强，-crasy,混合，搅拌，词源同crater,搅拌碗，火山口。引申词义个人的脾气，性情，习性，特征。由混合引申脾性和脾气来自古代的医学观念，即人体内的各种物质的混合决定和影响人的脾气和性情，类似于中国哲学观念的人体五行金木水火土。

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