exodus的词源

英文词源

exodus

exodus: see period

Exodus

late Old English, the second book of the Old Testament, from Latin exodus, from Greek exodos "a military expedition; a solemn procession; departure; death," literally "a going out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + hodos "way" (see cede). General sense (with lower-case -e-) is from 1620s.

中文词源

exodus：离开，向外

ex-, 向外。-od, 走，离开，词源同cede, anode, method.

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exodus：离去，离开

前缀ex表“向外”；词根od表“路”，这个词根有两个形式，od和hod，od的出现频率似乎更大。method（方法）是同根词，前缀met表“在后方”，hod表“路，way”，字面义为“紧随其后的路径”。“方法”是达到目标的“路径”，相似逻辑如way（路；方法）。