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hypsi-[hypsi- 词源字典]: word-forming element meaning "on high," from Greek hypsi "aloft, on high," related to hypsos "height;" cognate with Sanskrit os "above, over," Old Church Slavonic vysoku "high."[hypsi- etymology, hypsi- origin, 英语词源]
Hyrcania: ancient region southeast of the Caspian Sea, from Greek Hyrkania, said to be from an Indo-European *verkana "country of wolves" [Zonn, I., et al., "The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia," 2010]
hyssop (n.): Old English ysope, from Irish Latin hysopus, from Greek hyssopos, a plant of Palestine, used in Jewish purification rites, from Hebrew 'ezobh (compare Syriac zupha, Arabic zufa).
hysterectomy (n.): 1886, coined in English from Greek hystera "womb" (see uterus) + -ectomy.
hysteresis (n.): 1805, from Greek hysteresis "a coming short, a deficiency."
hysteria (n.): 1801, coined in medical Latin as an abstract noun from hysteric (see hysterical) + abstract noun ending -ia.
hysteric (adj.): 1650s, from Latin hystericus, from Greek hysterikos âbelonging to the wombâ (see hysterical). As a noun from 1751.
hysterical (adj.): 1610s, from Latin hystericus "of the womb," from Greek hysterikos "of the womb, suffering in the womb," from hystera "womb" (see uterus). Originally defined as a neurotic condition peculiar to women and thought to be caused by a dysfunction of the uterus. Meaning "very funny" (by 1939) is from the notion of uncontrollable fits of laughter. Related: Hysterically.
hysterics (n.): 1727, from hysterical. Sometimes in 19c. jocularly folk-etymologized as high-strikes (1838).
hysteron proteron: 1560s, from Late Latin, from Greek, literally "the latter (put as) the former." A figure of speech in which what should come last is put first, from hysteron, neuter of hysteros "latter, second, after" (from PIE *ud-tero-, from root *ud- "up, out;" see out) + proteron, neuter of proteros "before, former," from PIE *pro-, from root *per- (1) "forward, through" (see per).
heartstring: "Used in reference to one’s deepest feelings of love or compassion", Late Middle English (originally in sense 'cord-like structure attached to the heart'): from heart + string.
hexahedron: "A solid figure with six plane faces", Late 16th century: from Greek hexaedron, neuter (used as a noun) of hexaedros 'six-faced'.
herpes zoster: "medical name for shingles", Late Middle English: from herpes and Latin zoster, from Greek zōstēr 'girdle, shingles'.
horse chestnut: "A deciduous tree with large leaves of five leaflets, conspicuous sticky winter buds, and upright conical clusters of white, pink, or red flowers. It bears nuts (conkers) enclosed in a fleshy case", Late 16th century: translating (now obsolete) botanical Latin Castanea equina; its fruit is said to have been an Eastern remedy for chest diseases in horses.
heptathlon: "An athletic event, in particular one for women, in which each competitor takes part in the same prescribed seven events (100 metres hurdles, high jump, shot-put, 200 metres, long jump, javelin, and 800 metres)", 1970s: from hepta- 'seven' + Greek athlon 'contest', on the pattern of words such as decathlon.
hatchet man: "A person employed to carry out controversial or disagreeable tasks, such as the dismissal of a number of people from employment", Late 19th century (originally US): figuratively, from an early use denoting a hired Chinese assassin.
Hammond organ: "A type of electronic organ", 1930s: named after Laurens Hammond (1895–1973), American mechanical engineer.
hypoxaemia: "An abnormally low concentration of oxygen in the blood", Late 19th century: from hypo- (denoting an element in a low valency) + oxygen + -aemia.
high jinks: "Boisterous fun", Late 17th century: see jink.
het up: "Angry and agitated", Mid 19th century: from dialect het 'heated, hot', surviving in Scots and northern English dialect.