altruism（n.）
1853年，“无私，为他人福利而奉献，与 egoism 相反”，源自法语 altruisme，由法国哲学家奥古斯特·孔特于1830年创造或普及，由 -ism 和 autrui（古法语 altrui）组成，“属于或为他人”，源自拉丁语 alteri， alter 的与格形式，意为“其他”（参见 alter）。法语中的 -l- 可能是从拉丁语单词中重新插入的词源。
If we define altruism as being all action which, in the normal course of things, benefits others instead of benefiting self, then, from the dawn of life, altruism has been no less essential than egoism. Though primarily it is dependent on egoism, yet secondarily egoism is dependent on it. [Herbert Spencer, "The Data of Ethics," 1879]
如果我们将利他主义定义为在正常情况下有益于他人而不是有益于自己的所有行动，那么从生命的黎明开始，利他主义与利己主义一样重要。虽然它主要依赖于利己主义，但次要地，利己主义也依赖于它。[赫伯特·斯宾塞，“伦理学的数据”，1879年]
There is a fable that when the badger had been stung all over by bees, a bear consoled him by a rhapsodic account of how he himself had just breakfasted on their honey. The badger replied peevishly, "The stings are in my flesh, and the sweetness is on your muzzle." The bear, it is said, was surprised at the badger's want of altruism. ["George Eliot," "Theophrastus Such," 1879]
有一个寓言，说当獾被蜜蜂蜇了全身时，一只熊通过狂热的描述自己刚刚吃了蜂蜜来安慰他。獾不满地回答说：“刺在我的肉里，甜味在你的嘴上。”据说熊对獾缺乏利他主义感到惊讶。[“乔治·艾略特”，《西塞的神学》，1879年]
该词起源时间：1853年