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.
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. Featuring + -ija suffix.