symptom: [16] A symptom is etymologically something that ‘happens’ – an occurrence or phenomenon. The word’s application to physiological phenomena as signs of disease is a secondary development. It comes via late Latin symptōma from Greek súmptōma ‘occurrence’, a derivative of sumpíptein ‘fall together’, hence ‘fall on, happen to’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix sun- ‘together’ and píptein ‘fall’.
symptom (n.)
1540s, re-Latinized from sinthoma (late 14c.), from Medieval Latin sinthoma "symptom of a disease," altered from Late Latin symptoma, from Greek symptoma "a happening, accident, disease," from stem of sympiptein "to befall, happen; coincide, fall together," from assimilated form of syn- "together" (see syn-) + piptein "to fall," from PIE *pi-pt-, reduplicated form of root *pet- "to rush; to fly" (see petition (n.)).
Spelling restored in early Modern English in part by influence of Middle French symptome (16c.). General (non-medical) use is from 1610s.
例文
1. One prominent symptom of the disease is progressive loss of memory.
この病気の顕著な症状の1つは、記憶が徐々に失われていくことです。
2.Victoria was strangely undisturbed by this symptom ，even though her husband and family were frightened.
夫や家族が怯えていたにもかかわらず、ビクトリアはこの症状に驚くほど淡々としていた。
3.It is probable that the medication will suppress the symptom without treating the condition.
この薬は根本的に治らない可能性がある。
4.Was the noise a cause of the illness，or were the complaints about noise merely a symptom ？
騒音が病因なのか、それとも騒音への苦情は単なる症状なのか。
5.Your problem with keeping boyfriends is just a symptom of a larger problem：Making and keeping friends.