hydrographer的词源

英文词源

quien sabe

"Originally and frequently in Spanish-speaking contexts: ‘Who knows?’, ‘who can tell?’", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Robert Fitzroy (1805–1865), hydrographer and meteorologist. From Spanish quién sabe who knows from quién (interrogative pronoun) who + sabe, third person singular present indicative of saber to know.

中文词源

hydrographer：水文学家，水文地理学家，水道测量学家 

词根词缀： -hydr-水 + -o- + -graph-写,画 + -er名词词尾

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