exclamation的词源

英文词源

exclamation (n.)

late 14c., from Middle French exclamation, from Latin exclamationem (nominative exclamatio) "an exclamation" (in rhetoric), "a loud calling or crying out," noun of action from past participle stem of exclamare "cry out loud" (see exclaim).

The punctuation symbol known as the exclamation point (1824) or exclamation mark (1926) was earliest called an exclamation note or note of exclamation (1650s), earlier note of admiration (1610s). Another name for it was shriek-mark (1864).

中文词源

exclamation：感叹词

来自exclaim, 惊叫。

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exclamation：感叹(语)，惊叹

词根词缀： ex- 出 + -clam- 叫喊 + -ation 名词词尾