nuclear的词源

英文词源

nuclear: nuclear: see nut
nuclear (adj.): 1846, "of or like the nucleus of a cell," from nucleus + -ar, probably by influence of French nucléaire. Use in atomic physics is from 1914; of weapons, from 1945. Hence nuclear physics (1933), nuclear energy (1941), nuclear war (1954). Nuclear winter coined by Richard Turco, but first attested in article by Carl Sagan in "Parade" magazine, Oct. 30, 1983. General sense of "central" is from 1912. Nuclear family, originally a sociologists' term, is first attested 1949 in "Social Structure," by American anthropologist G.P. Murdock (1897-1985). Alternative adjective nucleal is recorded from 1840.

来自拉丁语nux, 果仁，核，词源同nut,nucleus,-ar,形容词后缀。引申词义原子核的，细胞核的。

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其中，nuc和nut“坚果”同源，其根义都是“块状物”，可以私下里脑补一下细胞核和坚果的形状；-le为指“小”的后缀，比如bottle（瓶子），pebble（小圆石）等，-ar为形容词后缀。