Allergy

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early 20th century: from German Allergie, from Greek allos ‘other’, on the pattern of Energie ‘energy’.


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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.


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allergy (n.)

1911, from German Allergie, coined 1906 by Austrian pediatrician Clemens E. von Pirquet (1874-1929) as an abstract noun from Greek allos "other, different, strange" (from PIE root *al- (1) "beyond") + ergon "work, activity" (from PIE root *werg- "to do").