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agribusiness (n.)[agribusiness 词源字典]: 1955, compound formed from agriculture + business.[agribusiness etymology, agribusiness origin, 英语词源]
agricultural (adj.): 1776, from agriculture + -al (1). Related: Agriculturally; agriculturalist.
agriculture (n.): mid-15c., from Late Latin agricultura "cultivation of the land," compound of agri cultura "cultivation of land," from agri, genitive of ager "a field" (see acre) + cultura "cultivation" (see culture (n.)). In Old English, the idea could be expressed by eorðtilþ.
agriology (n.): study of prehistoric human customs, 1878, from agrio-, from Greek agrios "wild," literally "living in the fields," from agros "field" (see acre) + -logy. Related: Agriologist (n.), 1875.
agro-: word-forming element meaning "pertaining to agriculture or cultivation," from Greek agro-, comb. form of agros "field" (see acre).
agronomy (n.): "science of land management for crop production," 1814, from French agronomie, from Greek agronomos "overseer of land," from agros "field" (see acre) + -nomos "law or custom, administering," related to nemein "manage" (see numismatic). Related: Agronomist; agronomic.
aground (adv.): late 13c., "on the ground," from a- "on" (see a- (1)) + ground (n.). Of ships and boats, "stranded," from c. 1500.
ague (n.): "malarial fever," c. 1300, from Old French ague "acute fever," from Medieval Latin (febris) acuta "sharp (fever)," with fem. of acutus "sharp" (see acute).
ah: mid-15c., an expression of surprise, delight, disgust, or pain in nearly all Indo-European languages, but not found in Old English (where the equivalent expression was la!), so perhaps from Old French a "ah!, oh! woe!"
aha: exclamation of surprise or delighted discovery, late 14c., from ah + ha.
They crieden out! ... A ha the fox! and after him thay ran. [Chaucer]
ahead (adv.): 1620s, "at the head, in front," from a- "on" (see a- (1)) + head (n.). Originally nautical. To be ahead of (one's) time attested by 1837.
ahem: attention-getting interjection, 1763, lengthened from hem, imitative of clearing the throat.
ahimsa (n.): 1875, from Sanskrit ahimsa, from a "without" + himsa "injury."
ahistoric (adj.): "not historical, lacking in historical background or justification," 1911, from a- (2) "not" + historic.
ahistorical (adj.): "without reference to or regard for history," 1950, from a- (2) "not" + historical.
ahoy: 1751, from a + hoy, a nautical call used in hauling. The original form of the greeting seems to have been ho, the ship ahoy!
Ahura Mazda: from Avestan ahura- "spirit, lord," from Indo-Iranian *asuras, from suffixed form of PIE root *ansu- "spirit" (see Asgard) + Avestan mazda- "wise," from PIE *mens-dhe- "to set the mind," from root *men- "to think" (see mind (n.)).
aid (n.): early 15c., "war-time tax," also "help, support, assistance," from Old French aide, earlier aiudha "aid, help, assistance" (9c.), from Late Latin adjuta, from fem. past participle of Latin adiuvare (past participle adiutus) "to give help to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + iuvare "to help" (see adjutant). Meaning "thing by which assistance is given" is recorded from c. 1600. Meaning "material help given by one country to another" is from 1940.
aid (v.): c. 1400, "to assist, help," from Old French aidier "help, assistance," from Latin adiutare, frequentative of adiuvare (past participle adiutus) "give help to" (see adjutant). Related: Aided; aiding.
aide (n.): 1777, short for aide-de-camp (1660s), which is French and means "camp assistant" (see aid (n.)).