fin de siecle的词源

英文词源

fin de siecle (adj.)

1890, from French fin de siècle "end of century," phrase used as an adjective. At the time it meant "modern;" now it means "from the 1890s." "App. first in title of a comedy, Paris fin de siècle, produced at the Gymnase, Feb. 1890" [Weekley]. French siècle "century, age" is from Latin saeculum (see secular).

中文词源

fin de siecle：19世纪末的

来自法语。fin, 终结，结束。siecle, 世纪，词源同secular, 世俗的，现世的，百年的。

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