lysergic=الليسرجيك

lysergic=الليسرجيك

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY

lysergic (adj.)

1934, from -lys- in hydrolysis + first syllable of ergot + -ic.

hydrolysis (n.)

"chemical decomposition by water," 1880, formed in English from hydro- + Gk. lysis "a loosening, a dissolution," from lyein "to loosen, dissolve" (see lose).

ergot (n.)

fungal disease of rye and other grasses, 1680s, from Fr. ergot, from O.Fr. argot "cock's spur" (12c.), of unknown origin. The blight so called from the shape the fungus forms on the diseased grain. Ergotism "disease caused by eating ergot-infected breadstuffs," first recorded 1853. An alkaloid from the fungus, ergotamine (1921) is used to treat migraines.

-ic

adjective suffix, "having to do with, having the nature of, being, made of, caused by, similar to" (in chemistry, indicating a higher valence than names in -ous), from French -ique and directly from Latin -icus, which in many cases represents Greek -ikos "in the manner of; pertaining to." From PIE *-(i)ko, which also yielded Slavic -isku, adjectival suffix indicating origin, the source of the -sky (Russian -skii) in many surnames.

lysis (n.)

"dissolution of cells, bacteria, etc.," 1902, from L. lysis, from Gk. lysis "a loosening," from lyein "to unfasten, loose, loosen, untie" (see lose).