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- hypha (n.)



[hypha 词源字典] - 1866, from Modern Latin plural hyphae (1810), from Greek hyphe (singular) "web."[hypha etymology, hypha origin, 英语词源]
- hyphen (n.)




- 1620s, from Late Latin hyphen, from Greek hyphen "mark joining two syllables or words," probably indicating how they were to be sung, noun use of an adverb meaning "together, in one," literally "under one," from hypo "under" (see sub-) + hen, neuter of heis "one."
- hyphenate (v.)




- 1881, from hyphen + -ate (2). The earlier verb was simply hyphen (1814). Related: Hyphenated; hyphenating. Hyphenated American is attested from 1889.
- hyphenation (n.)




- 1881, from hyphen + -ation. Hyphenization is attested from 1851.
- hypnagogic (adj.)




- 1868, from French hypnagogique, from Greek hypnos "sleep" (see somnolence) + agogos "leading" (see act). Etymologically, "inducing sleep," but used mostly with a sense "pertaining to the state of consciousness when falling asleep."
- hypno-




- word-forming element meaning "sleep," from Greek hypno-, comb. form of hypnos "sleep" (see somnolence).
- hypnopedia (n.)




- also hypnopaedia, "sleep-learning," 1932, from Greek hypnos "sleep" (see somnolence) + paideia "education" (see pedo-).
- hypnopompic (adj.)




- pertaining to the state of consciousness when awaking from sleep, 1901, from hypno- "sleep" + Greek pompe "sending away," from pempein "to send."
- hypnosis (n.)




- 1869, "the coming on of sleep," coined (as an alternative to hypnotism) from Greek hypnos "sleep" (see somnolence) + -osis "condition." Of an artificially induced condition, from 1880.
- hypnotherapy (n.)




- 1897, from hypno- + therapy. Related: Hypnotherapist.
- hypnotic (adj.)




- 1620s, "inducing sleep," originally used of drugs, from French hypnotique (16c.) "inclined to sleep, soporific," from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Greek hypnotikos "inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy," from hypnoun "put to sleep," from hypnos "sleep" (see somnolence). Modern sense of "pertaining to an induced trance" first recorded in English 1843, along with hypnotist, hypnotize, both coined by Dr. James Braid. Related: Hypnotical; hypnotically.
- hypnotise (v.)




- alternative spelling of hypnotize; for suffix, see -ize. Related: Hypnotised; hypnotising.
- hypnotism (n.)




- 1843, short for neuro-hypnotism (1842), coined by Dr. James Braid of Manchester, England, from hypnotic + -ism. In the same work (1843) Braid coined the verb hypnotize.
- hypnotist (n.)




- 1843; see hypnotic + -ist.
- hypnotize (v.)




- 1843, see hypnotic + -ize. Related: Hypnotized; hypnotizing.
- hypo (n.)




- 1711, "depression," short for hypochondria; 1904 as short for hypodermic needle.
- hypo-




- word-forming element meaning "under, beneath" (in chemistry, indicating a lesser oxidation), from hypo-, comb. form of Greek hypo (prep. and adverb) "under," from PIE *upo- "under, up from under, over" (see sub-).
- hypoallergenic




- 1950, from hypo- + allergen + -ic.
- hypochondria (n.)




- 1839, "illness without a specific cause," earlier (1660s) "depression or melancholy without real cause," earlier still (late 14c.) ipocondrie "upper abdomen," from Late Latin hypochondria "the abdomen," from Greek hypokhondria (neuter plural of hypokhondrios), from hypo- "under" (see sub-) + khondros "cartilage" (of the breastbone); see grind (v.). Reflecting ancient belief that the viscera of the hypochondria were the seat of melancholy and the source of the vapors that caused such feelings.
- hypochondriac (adj.)




- 1590s, "pertaining to the hypochondria," also "afflicted with melancholy," from French hypocondriaque (16c.), from Medieval Latin hypochondriacus, from Greek hypokhondriakos "pertaining to the upper abdomen," from hypokhondria (see hypochondria). The noun is from 1630s, "melancholy person;" in the modern sense from 1888.