isthmus的词源

英文词源

isthmus (n.)

1550s, from Latin isthmus, from Greek isthmos "narrow passage, narrow neck of land," especially that of Corinth, of unknown origin, perhaps from eimi "to go" + suffix -thmo (compare ithma "a step, movement").

中文词源

isthmus：地狭

来自拉丁语isthmus,来自希腊语isthmos,狭窄的过道，地狭，特别是古希腊城邦柯林斯地狭，可能来自希腊语eimi,走，通过，词源同ire(拉丁语，走),exit,issue，-thmo,名词后缀。

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