- dysentery (n.)
[dysentery 词源字典]
- late 14c., dissenterie, from Old French disentere (13c.), from Latin dysenteria, from Greek dysenteria, coined by Hippocrates, from dys- "bad, abnormal, difficult" (see dys-) + entera "intestines, bowels" (see inter-). Related: Dysenteric.[dysentery etymology, dysentery origin, 英语词源]