Neanderthal的词源

英文词源

Neanderthal (adj.): 1861, in reference to a type of extinct hominid, from German Neanderthal "Neander Valley," name of a gorge near Düsseldorf where humanoid fossils were identified in 1856. The place name is from the Graecized form of Joachim Neumann (literally "new man," Greek *neo-ander), 1650-1680, German pastor, poet and hymn-writer, who made this a favorite spot in the 1670s. Adopting a classical form of one's surname was a common practice among educated Germans in this era. As a noun, by 1915; as a type of a big, brutish, stupid person from 1926.

来自Neanderthal,德国峡谷名，来自ne-,新的，词源同new,-ander,人，词源同anthropoid.因于该峡谷发现了已灭绝的原始人化石而得名。

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