penicillin的词源

英文词源

penicillin

penicillin: see pencil

penicillin (n.)

1929, coined in English by Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), who first recognized its antibiotic properties, from Modern Latin Penicillium notatum (1867), the name of the mould from which it was first obtained, from Latin penicillus "paintbrush" (see pencil (n.)), in reference to the shape of the mould cells.

中文词源

penicillin：盘尼西林，青霉素

来自拉丁语penicillus,刷子，画家用小毛刷，毛笔，来自penis,尾巴，词源同penis,pencil.

-ille,小词后缀。字面意思即小尾巴，后用于药品名盘尼西林，因提炼该药品的母体青霉素菌形如小尾巴而得名。

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