英文词源
- pulmonary
- pulmonary: [18] Latin pulmō meant ‘lung’ (it was related to Greek pleúmōn ‘lung’, ultimate source of English pneumonia). From it was formed the adjective pulmōnārius, which English adopted at the beginning of the 18th century as pulmonary.
- pulmonary (adj.)
- 1704, from French pulmonaire and directly from Latin pulmonarius "of the lungs," from pulmo (genitive pulmonis) "lung," cognate with Greek pleumon "lung," Old Church Slavonic plusta, Lithuanian plauciai "lungs," all from PIE *pleu- "to flow, to float, to swim" (see pluvial).
The notion perhaps is from the fact that, when thrown into a pot of water, lungs of a slaughtered animal float, while the heart, liver, etc., do not (compare Middle English lights "the lungs," literally "the light (in weight) organs"). Also see pneumo-.
中文词源
来自拉丁语pulmo,肺，来自希腊语pleumon,肺，来自PIE*pleu,流动，漂流，词源同flow,pneumonia.其词义演变可能是肺较轻，其它器官如心，脏，肾等都会沉入水中，而肺能在水上漂浮。比较lung.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：pulmonary 词源，pulmonary 含义。
