Saturday, 18 August 2012

أرجية allergy

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word أرجية
(arejia) means allergy and seems to have greek roots. The greek word αλλεργία (alerghia) is a loan from French/English word which has been formed on the basis of two greek words: άλλος (alos) meaning “another” and έργον (erghon) meaning “work, task”. In Turkish it is alerji.


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