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cauterize
[cauterize 词源字典]
cauterize:
see
holocaust
[cauterize etymology, cauterize origin, 英语词源]
cauterize (v.)
c. 1400, from Old French
cauterisier
, from Late Latin
cauterizare
"to burn or brand with a hot iron," from Greek
kauteriazein
, from
kauter
"burning or branding iron," from
kaiein
"to burn" (see
caustic
). Related:
Cauterized
;
cauterizing
.