urinalysis (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[urinalysis 词源字典]
1889, from urine + analysis.[urinalysis etymology, urinalysis origin, 英语词源]
urinary (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1570s, from Modern Latin urinarius, from Latin urina (see urine).
urinate (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1590s, back-formation from urination or else from Medieval Latin urinatus, past participle of urinare, from urina (see urine). Related: Urinated; urinating.
urination (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
early 15c., from Medieval Latin urinationem (nominative urinatio), noun of action from past participle stem of urinare (v.), from urina (see urine.
urine (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
c. 1300, from Old French orine, urine (12c.) and directly from Latin urina "urine," from PIE *ur- (cognates: Greek ouron "urine"), variant of root *we-r- "water, liquid, milk" (cognates: Sanskrit var "water," Avestan var "rain," Lithuanian jures "sea," Old English wær, Old Norse ver "sea," Old Norse ur "drizzling rain"), related to *eue-dh-r (see udder).
URLyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
by 1990, initialism (acronym) from uniform resource locator.
urn (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
late 14c., "large, rounded vase used to preserve the ashes of the dead," from Latin urna "a jar, vessel of baked clay, water-jar; vessel for the ashes of the dead" (also used as a ballot box and for drawing lots), probably from earlier *urc-na, akin to urceus "pitcher, jug," and from the same source as Greek hyrke "earthen vessel." But another theory connects it to Latin urere "to burn" (compare bust (n.1)).
uro-youdaoicibaDictYouDict
word-forming element meaning "urine," from comb. form of Greek ouron "urine" (see urine).
urogenital (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1838, from uro- + genital. Form urinogenital is attested from 1836.
urologist (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1873; see urology + -ist.
urology (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1753, from uro- + -logy.
UrsayoudaoicibaDictYouDict
in constellation names, Old English, from Latin ursa "she-bear" (see ursine).
urschleim (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1921, from German Urschleim "original mucus," from ur- (see ur-) + Schleim (see slime (n.)).
ursine (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"pertaining to a bear," 1550s, from Latin ursinus "of or resembling a bear," from ursus "a bear," cognate with Greek arktos, from PIE *rtko- (see Arctic).
ursprache (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"proto-language," 1908, from German Ursprache, from ur- (see ur-) + sprache "speech" (see speech).
UrsulayoudaoicibaDictYouDict
fem. proper name, from Latin Ursula, diminutive of ursa "she-bear" (see ursine). The Ursuline order of Catholic women was founded as Brescia in 1537 and named for Saint Ursula.
urticaria (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"nettle-rash," medical Latin, from Latin urtica "nettle, stinging nettle" (figuratively "spur, incentive, stimulant), from urere "to burn," from PIE root *eus- "to burn" (see ember) + abstract noun ending -ia. Related: Urticarial.
UruguayyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
country named for river that flows past it, which is from a native name in an extinct language, said to represent uru "bird" + guay "tail," perhaps a reference to some totemic animal. Related: Uruguayan.
us (pron.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
Old English us (cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian us, Old Norse, Swedish oss, Dutch ons, German uns), accusative and dative plural of we, from PIE *nes- (2), forming oblique cases of the first person plural personal pronoun (cognates: Sanskrit nas, Avestan na, Hittite nash "us;" Greek no "we two;" Latin nos "we, us;" Old Church Slavonic ny "us," nasu "our;" Old Irish ni, Welsh ni "we, us"). The -n- is preserved in Germanic in Dutch ons, German uns.
USyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
also U.S., abbreviation of United States, attested from 1834. U.S.A. for "United States of America" is recorded from 1885; before that it generally meant "U.S. Army."