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urinalysis (n.)[urinalysis 词源字典]: 1889, from urine + analysis.[urinalysis etymology, urinalysis origin, 英语词源]
urinary (adj.): 1570s, from Modern Latin urinarius, from Latin urina (see urine).
urinate (v.): 1590s, back-formation from urination or else from Medieval Latin urinatus, past participle of urinare, from urina (see urine). Related: Urinated; urinating.
urination (n.): early 15c., from Medieval Latin urinationem (nominative urinatio), noun of action from past participle stem of urinare (v.), from urina (see urine.
urine (n.): c. 1300, from Old French orine, urine (12c.) and directly from Latin urina "urine," from PIE *ur- (cognates: Greek ouron "urine"), variant of root *we-r- "water, liquid, milk" (cognates: Sanskrit var "water," Avestan var "rain," Lithuanian jures "sea," Old English wær, Old Norse ver "sea," Old Norse ur "drizzling rain"), related to *eue-dh-r (see udder).
URL: by 1990, initialism (acronym) from uniform resource locator.
urn (n.): late 14c., "large, rounded vase used to preserve the ashes of the dead," from Latin urna "a jar, vessel of baked clay, water-jar; vessel for the ashes of the dead" (also used as a ballot box and for drawing lots), probably from earlier *urc-na, akin to urceus "pitcher, jug," and from the same source as Greek hyrke "earthen vessel." But another theory connects it to Latin urere "to burn" (compare bust (n.1)).
uro-: word-forming element meaning "urine," from comb. form of Greek ouron "urine" (see urine).
urogenital (adj.): 1838, from uro- + genital. Form urinogenital is attested from 1836.
urologist (n.): 1873; see urology + -ist.
urology (n.): 1753, from uro- + -logy.
Ursa: in constellation names, Old English, from Latin ursa "she-bear" (see ursine).
urschleim (n.): 1921, from German Urschleim "original mucus," from ur- (see ur-) + Schleim (see slime (n.)).
ursine (adj.): "pertaining to a bear," 1550s, from Latin ursinus "of or resembling a bear," from ursus "a bear," cognate with Greek arktos, from PIE *rtko- (see Arctic).
ursprache (n.): "proto-language," 1908, from German Ursprache, from ur- (see ur-) + sprache "speech" (see speech).
Ursula: fem. proper name, from Latin Ursula, diminutive of ursa "she-bear" (see ursine). The Ursuline order of Catholic women was founded as Brescia in 1537 and named for Saint Ursula.
urticaria (n.): "nettle-rash," medical Latin, from Latin urtica "nettle, stinging nettle" (figuratively "spur, incentive, stimulant), from urere "to burn," from PIE root *eus- "to burn" (see ember) + abstract noun ending -ia. Related: Urticarial.
Uruguay: country named for river that flows past it, which is from a native name in an extinct language, said to represent uru "bird" + guay "tail," perhaps a reference to some totemic animal. Related: Uruguayan.
us (pron.): Old English us (cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian us, Old Norse, Swedish oss, Dutch ons, German uns), accusative and dative plural of we, from PIE *nes- (2), forming oblique cases of the first person plural personal pronoun (cognates: Sanskrit nas, Avestan na, Hittite nash "us;" Greek no "we two;" Latin nos "we, us;" Old Church Slavonic ny "us," nasu "our;" Old Irish ni, Welsh ni "we, us"). The -n- is preserved in Germanic in Dutch ons, German uns.
US: also U.S., abbreviation of United States, attested from 1834. U.S.A. for "United States of America" is recorded from 1885; before that it generally meant "U.S. Army."