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English Health Abstract Noun Oe Suffix Proto Germanic Norse

正面 345.health
英 [helθ]美 [hɛlθ]

背面
释义:
n. 健康;卫生;保健;兴旺
例句:
1. His wife Cheryl said she had no worries about his health.他的妻子谢里尔说她并不担心他的健康。

1、creat- + -e.
health 健康来自heal,康复,-th,名词后缀。
healthhealth: [OE] Etymologically, health is the ‘state of being whole’. The word was formed in prehistoric Germanic times from the adjective *khailaz, ancestor of modern English whole. To this was added the abstract noun suffix *-itha, producing *khailitha, whence English health. The verb heal [OE] comes from the same source.=> heal, wholehealth (n.)Old English hælþ "wholeness, a being whole, sound or well," from Proto-Germanic *hailitho, from PIE *kailo- "whole, uninjured, of good omen" (cognates: Old English hal "hale, whole;" Old Norse heill "healthy;" Old English halig, Old Norse helge "holy, sacred;" Old English hælan "to heal"). With Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)). Of physical health in Middle English, but also "prosperity, happiness, welfare; preservation, safety." An abstract noun to whole, not to heal. Meaning "a salutation" (in a toast, etc.) wishing one welfare or prosperity is from 1590s. Health food is from 1848."

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