hyphen的词源

英文词源

hyphen (n.)

1620s, from Late Latin hyphen, from Greek hyphen "mark joining two syllables or words," probably indicating how they were to be sung, noun use of an adverb meaning "together, in one," literally "under one," from hypo "under" (see sub-) + hen, neuter of heis "one."

中文词源

hyphen：连字符

来自希腊语hyphen,把两个音节或字词连在一起的符号，来自hypo,下面，hen,一，词源同henotheism,hectare.即划在下面的一条线，引申词义连字符。

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

hyphen：连词符号

英语的连词符号“-”，拼作hyphen，是从希腊语来的，而这种符号出现之前，hyphen是一个副词，原是一个短词hyphben，意思是under-one，即“在一起”。后来结合成一个词，连词符号“-”正是将两个或几个词连在一起的意思。