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angina [angina 词源字典]: angina: see anguish
[angina etymology, angina origin, 英语词源]
vagina: vagina: see vanilla
aboriginal (adj.): 1660s, "first, earliest," especially in reference to inhabitants of lands colonized by Europeans, from aborigines (see aborigine) + -al (1); specific Australian sense is from 1820. The noun is attested from 1767. Related: Aboriginally.
angina (n.): 1570s, from Latin angina "infection of the throat," from Greek ankhone "a strangling" (see anger); probably influenced in Latin by angere "to throttle." Angina pectoris is from 1744, from Latin pectoris, genitive of pectus "chest" (see pectoral (adj.)).
devirginate (v.): late 15c.; see de- + virgin + -ate (2). Related: Devirginated.
emarginate (adj.): "having the margin or extremity notched," 1731 (implied in emarginated), from Latin emarginatus, past participle of emarginare, from assimilated form of ex- (see ex-) + margo "edge, brink, border, margin" (see margin (n.)). Related:" Emargination.
evaginate (v.): 1650s, "withdraw (something) from a sheath;" 1660s, "to turn (a tube) inside out," from Latin evaginatus, past participle of evaginare "to unsheathe," from assimilated form of ex- (see ex-) + vagina (see vagina). Related: Evaginated; evaginating.
imaginable (adj.): late 14c., ymaginable, from Old French imaginable and directly from Late Latin imaginabilis, from Latin imaginari (see imagine). Related: Imaginably.
imaginary (adj.): "not real," late 14c., ymaginaire, from imagine + -ary; or else from Late Latin imaginarius "seeming, fancied," from imaginari. Imaginary friend (one who does not exist) attested by 1789.
imagination (n.): "faculty of the mind which forms and manipulates images," mid-14c., ymaginacion, from Old French imaginacion "concept, mental picture; hallucination," from Latin imaginationem (nominative imaginatio) "imagination, a fancy," noun of action from past participle stem of imaginari (see imagine).
imaginative (adj.): late 14c., ymaginatyf, from Old French imaginatif and directly from Medieval Latin imaginativus, from imaginat-, stem of Latin imaginari (see imagine). Related: Imaginatively; imaginativeness.
invaginate (v.): 1650s, from Medieval Latin invaginatus, past participle of invaginare "to put into a sheath," from Latin in- "in" (see in- (2)) + vagina "a sheath" (see vagina). Related: Invaginated; invagination.
marginal (adj.): 1570s, "written on the margin," from Medieval Latin marginalis, from Latin margo "edge, brink, border, margin" (see margin (n.)). Sense of "of little effect or importance" first recorded 1887. Related: Marginally.
marginalia (n.): 1832, from Latin marginalia, neuter plural of adjective marginalis "marginal," from marginis (see margin).
marginalise (v.): chiefly British English spelling of marginalize (q.v.); for suffix, see -ize. Related: marginalisation; marginalised; marginalising.
marginality (n.): 1849, from marginal + -ity.
marginalization (n.): 1974, from marginalize + -ation.
marginalize (v.): 1832, "to make marginal notes," from marginal + -ize. The meaning "force into a position of powerlessness" attested by 1929. Related: Marginalized; marginalizing.
original (adj.): early 14c., "first in time, earliest," from Old French original "first" (13c.) and directly from Latin originalis, from originem (nominative origo) "beginning, source, birth," from oriri "to rise" (see orchestra). The first reference is in original sin "innate depravity of man's nature," supposed to be inherited from Adam in consequence of the Fall. Related: Originally.
original (n.): "original text," late 14c., from Medieval Latin originale (see original (adj.)). Of photographs, films, sound recordings, etc., from 1918.
originality (n.): 1742, from original (adj.) + -ity. Probably after French originalité (1690s).
originate (v.): 1650s, probably a back-formation of origination. In earliest reference it meant "to trace the origin of;" meaning "to bring into existence" is from 1650s; intransitive sense of "to come into existence" is from 1775. Related: Originated; originating.
origination (n.): 1640s, from Middle French origination (15c.), from Latin originationem (nominative originatio), from originem (see original (adj.)).
originator (n.): 1818, agent noun in Latin form from originate.
paginate (v.): "to mark or number the pages of a publication," 1858 (implied in paginated), back-formation from pagination. Medieval Latin had paginare, but it had another sense. Related: Paginating.
pagination (n.): "action of marking page numbers," 1841, probably from French pagination (1835), from Latin pagina (see page (n.1)).
Regina: fem. proper name, from Latin, literally "queen;" related to rex (genitive regis) "king" (see regal). Cognate with Sanskrit rajni "queen," Welsh rhyain "maiden, virgin." The city in Canada was named 1882 by the then-governor general of Canada, Marquess of Lorne, in honor of Queen Victoria.
Reginald: masc. proper name, from Old High German Reginald, literally "ruling with power" (see Reynard).
unimaginable (adj.): 1610s, from un- (1) "not" + imaginable. Related: Unimaginably.
unimaginative (adj.): 1802, from un- (1) "not" + imaginative.
unoriginal (adj.): 1660s, "uncreated, without an origin," from un- (1) "not" + original (adj.). Meaning "derivative, second-hand" is recorded from 1774. Related: Unoriginality.
vagina (n.): "sexual passage of the female from the vulva to the uterus," 1680s, medical Latin, from specialized use of Latin vagina "sheath, scabbard, covering; sheath of an ear of grain, hull, husk" (plural vaginae), from PIE *wag-ina- (cognates: Lithuanian vožiu "ro cover with a hollow thing"), from root *wag- "to break, split, bite." Probably the ancient notion is of a sheath made from a split piece of wood (see sheath). A modern medical word; the Latin word was not used in an anatomical sense in classical times. Anthropological vagina dentata is attested from 1902.
vaginal (adj.): 1726, "pertaining to a sheath," from vagina + -al (1). From 1800 as "pertaining to the vagina of a female." Related: Vaginally.
virginal (adj.): early 15c., from Old French virginal "virginal, pure, chaste," or directly from Latin virginalis "of a maiden, of a virgin," from virgin (see virgin). The keyed musical instrument so called from 1520s (see virginals).
virginals (n.): "small harpsichord," 1520s, evidently from virgin, but the connection is unclear, unless it means "an instrument played by girls."
aboriginally: "From the very beginning; from the origin of a people or culture; in the earliest times or conditions known to history", Late 17th cent.; earliest use found in John Williams (c1633–1709), bishop of Chichester. From aboriginal + -ly.
aboriginary: "Primordial; existing from or relating to the very beginning of time. rare", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Urquhart (1611–1660), author and translator. From aborigine + -ary, perhaps after originary or post-classical Latin originarius originary.