ecumenical的词源

英文词源

ecumenical (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
late 16c., "representing the entire (Christian) world," formed in English as an ecclesiastical word, from Late Latin oecumenicus "general, universal," from Greek oikoumenikos "from the whole world," from he oikoumene ge "the inhabited world (as known to the ancient Greeks); the Greeks and their neighbors considered as developed human society (as opposed to barbarian lands)," in later use "the Roman world" and in the Christian sense in ecclesiastical Greek, from oikoumenos, present passive participle of oikein "inhabit," from oikos "house, habitation" (see villa). Related: Ecumenic.

中文词源

ecumenical:基督教宗教合一的,一般的,普通的

来自希腊语 oikos, 家,屋子;来自 PIE * weik, 家,词源同 ecology,economy,diocese;-men- 是希腊语的现在被动分词词缀,-ical 是复合形容词后缀(-ic + -al),其字面含义是“有人居住的地方、世界”,于是用以代指“世界的、 世界范围的,普遍的”,后来被用作宗教术语,表示:普世教会的,普世教会主义的,普世教会运动的,促进基督教不同教派大联合的。

来自PIE*weik“聚居区,宗族,家族”的衍生词:

villa:别墅。来自拉丁语vicus, 村庄,聚居区。

villain:村民,恶棍,流氓。

vicinity:街区。

oikos:家,屋子,聚居区。

ecology:生态学。

economy:经济学。

ecumenical:基督教宗教合一的,一般的,普通的。

Greenwich:绿色村庄,格陵尼治天文台。

Sandwich:沙村,沙堡,三明治。

diocese:主教教区,来自希腊语dioikesis,来自dia-,穿过,oikos,屋子,聚居区。

parochial:来自拉丁语parochia, 来自希腊语paroikos,来自para-, 在周围,oikos, 屋子,聚居区。

parish:教区,堂区,行政小区,来自拉丁语parochia,教区,堂区。

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