köken: Coined by Austrian physician Clemens von Pirquet in 1906, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work, activity”), on the model of Energie.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *áľľos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos) Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Hellenic *wérgon Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) German Allergiebor. French allergiebor. Portuguese alergia Borrowed from French allergie.
köken: Borrowed from German Allergie. Coined by Austrian pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet in 1906 from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work, activity”), on the model of Energie.
allergy (disorder of the immune system) · allergy (any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance) · allergy (antipathy, as toward a person or activity)
köken: Borrowed from German Allergie, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος + ἔργον (állos + érgon), coined by Austrian pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet in 1906, on the model of Energie. First attested in 1932.