pinnacle的词源

英文词源

pinnacle

pinnacle: see pin

pinnacle (n.)

c. 1300, "mountain, peak, promontory," from Old French pinacle "top, gable" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin pinnaculum "peak, pinnacle, gable," extended form (via diminutive suffix, but not necessarily implying smallness) of Latin pinna "peak, point," (see pin (n.1)). Figurative use is attested from c. 1400.

中文词源

pinnacle：顶点，顶峰

来自古法语pinacle,顶点，来自拉丁语pinnaculum,山峰，峰顶，来自pinna,箭，尖刺，来自PIE*spei,尖刺，词源同spike,pin.

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