allergy: [20] Allergy was borrowed from German allergie, which was coined in 1906 by the scientist C E von Pirquet. He formed it from Greek allos ‘other, different’ and érgon ‘work’ (source of English energy and related to English work). Its original application was to a changed physiological condition caused by an injection of some foreign substance. => energy, work
allergy (n.)
1911, from German Allergie, coined 1906 by Austrian pediatrician Clemens E. von Pirquet (1874-1929) from Greek allos "other, different, strange" (see alias (adv.)) + ergon "activity" (see organ).
例文
1. Allergy to cats is one of the commonest causes of asthma.
猫類アレルギーは喘息発作の最も一般的な誘因の1つである。
2.Frequently suffererererers of this kind of allergy are also sufferererers of asthma.
このような過敏症を患う人も喘息を患うことが多い。
3.I developed a temporary allergy to the company of couples.