firmament的词源

英文词源

firmament (n.)

mid-13c., from Old French firmament or directly from Latin firmamentum "firmament," literally "a support, a strengthening," from firmus "strong, steadfast, enduring" (see firm (adj.)). Used in Late Latin in the Vulgate to translate Greek stereoma "firm or solid structure," which translated Hebrew raqia, a word used of both the vault of the sky and the floor of the earth in the Old Testament, probably literally "expanse," from raqa "to spread out," but in Syriac meaning "to make firm or solid," hence the erroneous translation. Related: Firmamental.

中文词源

firmament：苍穹

来自firm,固定的，坚固的。用于神学名词，指苍穹。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：firmament 词源，firmament 含义。

firmament：穹苍，苍天

词根词缀： -firm-巩固,确定 + -a- + -ment名词词尾