aetiologicaletiologicaladj.

Brit.

/ˌiːtɪəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌidiəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s aetiologicall, 1600s aitiologicall, 1600s etiologicall, 1600s– aetiological, 1800s– etiological.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin aetiologicus , -al suffix¹; Greek αἰτιολογικός , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin aetiologicus and its etymon Hellenistic Greek αἰτιολογικός inquiring into causes (see aetiologic adj.) + -al suffix¹.

Of or relating to aetiology; assigning or tending to assign a cause or reason.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > [adjective]

aetiological1606

aetiologic1656

palaetiological1837

1606 R. Field Of Church iv. xviii. 231 Augustine maketh the exposition of the scripture to bee twofold, Historical, and Allegorical. The former he maketh to be twofold, to wit, Analogicall, & Ætiologicall.

1651 tr. St. Augustine Profit of Believing iii. 22 I think that I have sufficiently demonstrated and shewn, that the historicall sense is to be found in the Old Testament, and the Etiologicall and Analogicall [L. aetiologiam et analogiam] in the New.

1737 B. Martin Bibliotheca Technologica 525 Pathology..treateth of Diseases, and declareth (1.) What a Disease is, and the Nature thereof, (2.) The Differences of Diseases. (3.) The Causes of Diseases; and (4.) The Effects thereof. And in regard of this Fourfold Division, it is said to be Pathological, Nosological, Ætiological and Symptomatological.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Ætiological, something that assigns the cause of an effect or appearance.

1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 451 Our etiological researches.

1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. III. xviii. 481 The sciences which treat of causes have sometimes been termed ætiological.

1862 G. C. Lewis Astron. Anc. i. 4 An etiological legend.

1869 T. H. Huxley in Sci. Opin. 28 Apr. 486/2 It will be ætiological speculation, if it attempts to deduce the history of the world, as a whole, from the known properties of the matter of the earth in the conditions in which the earth has been placed.

1902 A. R. Diefendorf tr. E. Kraepelin Clin. Psychiatry 282 Manic-Depressive Insanity. This term is applied to that mental disorder which recurs..throughout the life of the individual and in which a defective hereditary endowment seems to be the..prominent etiological factor.

1965 E. Dahlberg Reasons of Heart 104 If he translates the stones into bread..he is an aetiological liar for, from the beginning, the stones represent the body.

1990 Daughters of Sarah July 16/1 In Genesis 30 we read the story of the birth of the twelve sons (and one daughter) of Jacob... Alice L. Laffey correctly identifies this as an aetiological story.

2003 L. Moss What Genes can't Do iv. 167 The mechanisms by which etiological agents are involved in the causation of liver cancer are unknown.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aetiological
释义	aetiologicaletiologicaladj. Brit. /ˌiːtɪəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌidiəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s aetiologicall, 1600s aitiologicall, 1600s etiologicall, 1600s– aetiological, 1800s– etiological. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin aetiologicus , -al suffix¹; Greek αἰτιολογικός , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin aetiologicus and its etymon Hellenistic Greek αἰτιολογικός inquiring into causes (see aetiologic adj.) + -al suffix¹. Of or relating to aetiology; assigning or tending to assign a cause or reason. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > [adjective] aetiological1606 aetiologic1656 palaetiological1837 1606 R. Field Of Church iv. xviii. 231 Augustine maketh the exposition of the scripture to bee twofold, Historical, and Allegorical. The former he maketh to be twofold, to wit, Analogicall, & Ætiologicall. 1651 tr. St. Augustine Profit of Believing iii. 22 I think that I have sufficiently demonstrated and shewn, that the historicall sense is to be found in the Old Testament, and the Etiologicall and Analogicall [L. aetiologiam et analogiam] in the New. 1737 B. Martin Bibliotheca Technologica 525 Pathology..treateth of Diseases, and declareth (1.) What a Disease is, and the Nature thereof, (2.) The Differences of Diseases. (3.) The Causes of Diseases; and (4.) The Effects thereof. And in regard of this Fourfold Division, it is said to be Pathological, Nosological, Ætiological and Symptomatological. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Ætiological, something that assigns the cause of an effect or appearance. 1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 451 Our etiological researches. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. III. xviii. 481 The sciences which treat of causes have sometimes been termed ætiological. 1862 G. C. Lewis Astron. Anc. i. 4 An etiological legend. 1869 T. H. Huxley in Sci. Opin. 28 Apr. 486/2 It will be ætiological speculation, if it attempts to deduce the history of the world, as a whole, from the known properties of the matter of the earth in the conditions in which the earth has been placed. 1902 A. R. Diefendorf tr. E. Kraepelin Clin. Psychiatry 282 Manic-Depressive Insanity. This term is applied to that mental disorder which recurs..throughout the life of the individual and in which a defective hereditary endowment seems to be the..prominent etiological factor. 1965 E. Dahlberg Reasons of Heart 104 If he translates the stones into bread..he is an aetiological liar for, from the beginning, the stones represent the body. 1990 Daughters of Sarah July 16/1 In Genesis 30 we read the story of the birth of the twelve sons (and one daughter) of Jacob... Alice L. Laffey correctly identifies this as an aetiological story. 2003 L. Moss What Genes can't Do iv. 167 The mechanisms by which etiological agents are involved in the causation of liver cancer are unknown. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1606
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