mitre的词源

英文词源

mitre (n.): bishop's tall hat, late 14c., from Old French mitre, from Latin mitra "headband, turban," from Greek mitra "headband, turban," earlier a belt or cloth worn under armor about the waist, from PIE root *mei- "to tie" (cognates: Sanskrit Mitrah, Old Persian Mithra-, god names; Russian mir "world, peace," Greek mitos "a warp thread"). In Latin, "a kind of headdress common among Asiatics, the wearing of which by men was regarded in Rome as a mark of effeminacy" [OED]. But the word was used in Vulgate to translate Hebrew micnepheth "headdress of a priest."

来自拉丁语mitra,头巾，发箍，来自希腊语mitra,头巾，发箍，来自PIE*mei,编织，绑，词源同mitosis.用于指天主教主教所戴的主教冠。

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