miasma的词源

英文词源

miasma (n.)

1660s, from Modern Latin miasma "noxious vapors," from Greek miasma (genitive miasmatos) "stain, pollution, defilement, taint of guilt," from stem of miainein "to pollute," from possible PIE root *mai- "to stain, soil, defile" (source of Old English mal "stain, mark," see mole (n.1)). Earlier form was miasm (1640s), from French miasme. Related: Miasmatic; miasmal.

中文词源

miasma：污浊难闻的空气

来自拉丁语miasma,有毒气体，来自希腊语miasma,污染，弄脏，来自PIE*mai,弄脏，污染，污泥涂沫，词源同mole.

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