Pentecost的词源

英文词源

pentecost

pentecost: see five

Pentecost

Old English Pentecosten "Christian festival on seventh Sunday after Easter," from Late Latin pentecoste, from Greek pentekoste (hemera) "fiftieth (day)," fem. of pentekostos, from pentekonta "fifty," from pente "five" (see five). The Hellenic name for the Old Testament Feast of Weeks, a Jewish harvest festival observed on 50th day of the Omer (see Lev. xxiii:16).

中文词源

Pentecost：五旬节，圣灵降临节

来自古英语Pentecosten,五旬节，复活节后五十天，来自拉丁语pentecoste,来自希腊语pentekoste,五十，来自PIE*penkwe-dkomt,五十，来自*penkwe,五，*dkomt,十，词源同December.

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