purgative的词源

英文词源

purgative (adj.)

late 14c., from Old French purgatif (14c.) and directly from Late Latin purgativus, from purgat-, past participle stem of Latin purgare (see purge (v.)). The noun is attested from early 15c. (Old English medical texts have clænsungdrenc).

中文词源

purgative：泻药，通便药物

来自purge,清除，清洗，净化。比喻用法。

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