ellipsis的词源

英文词源

ellipsis (n.)

1560s, "an ellipse," from Latin ellipsis, from Greek elleipsis "a falling short, defect, ellipse in grammar," noun of action from elleipein "to fall short, leave out," from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + leipein "to leave" (see relinquish). Grammatical sense in English first recorded 1610s. Related: Elipticity.

中文词源

ellipsis：省略

词源同ellipse, 缺了一块的，用于语法结构指省略。

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