marble的词源
英文词源
- marble
- marble: [12] Greek mármaros, a word of unknown origin, denoted to begin with ‘any hard stone’, but association with the verb marmaírein ‘shine’ led to a particular application to ‘marble’. Latin took it over as marmor, and it passed into Old French as marbre. Here, by a process known as dissimilation, in which one of two similar sounds is replaced by a different one, marbre became marble – whence English marble. The use of the word for the little ball with which the game of ‘marbles’ is played dates from the late 17th century.
- marble (n.)
- type of stone much used in sculpture, monuments, etc., early 14c., by dissimilation from marbra (mid-12c.), from Old French marbre (which itself underwent dissimilation of 2nd -r- to -l- in 14c.; marbre persisted in English into early 15c.), from Latin marmor, from or cognate with Greek marmaros "marble, gleaming stone," of unknown origin, perhaps originally an adjective meaning "sparkling," which would connect it with marmairein "to shine." The Latin word was taken directly into Old English as marma. German Marmor is restored Latin from Old High German marmul. Meaning "little balls of marble used in a children's game" is attested from 1690s.
- marble (adj.)
- late 14c., "of marble," from marble (n.). Meaning "mottled like marble" is mid-15c. Marble cake is attested from 1864.
- marble (v.)
- 1590s (implied in marbled), "to give (something) the appearance of marble," from marble (n.). Related: Marbling.
中文词源
来自古法语marbre的拼写异化形式，来自拉丁语marmor,来自希腊语marmoros,大理石，明亮的石头，可能来自PIE*mer,发光，闪光，词源同mere,morning.后用于指用小石子磨成的弹子游戏，但后来随着玻璃技术的成熟，多用于指玻璃弹子。
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