microcosm的词源

英文词源

microcosm (n.)

c. 1200, mycrocossmos (modern form from early 15c.), "human nature, man viewed as the epitome of creation," literally "miniature world," from Middle French microcosme and in earliest use directly from Medieval Latin microcosmus, from Greek mikros "small" (see mica) + kosmos "world" (see cosmos). General sense of "a community constituting a world unto itself" is attested from 1560s. Related: Microcosmic. A native expression in the same sense was petty world (c. 1600).

中文词源

microcosm：微观世界

micro-,微小的，-cosm,世界，词源同macrocosm,cosmetic.

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microcosm：微观世界

词根词缀： -micro-微,小 + -cosm-世界,宇宙