quinine的词源

英文词源

quinine (n.)

alkaloid responsible for curative properties in the cinchona tree, 1821, from French quinine (1820), with chemical ending -ine (2) + Spanish quina "cinchona bark" (from which it is extracted), from Quechua (Peru) kina. Earlier in reduplicated form quinaquina (1727).

中文词源

quinine：金鸡纳霜

cinchona 别名或本名。来自西班牙语quina,来自南美土著语kina,金鸡纳树，树皮可用于治疗 疟疾。-ine,化学名词后缀。

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