prodigy的词源

英文词源

prodigy (n.)

late 15c., "sign, portent, something extraordinary from which omens are drawn," from Latin prodigium "prophetic sign, omen, portent, prodigy," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + -igium, a suffix or word of unknown origin, perhaps from *agi-, root of aio "I say" (see adage). Meaning "child with exceptional abilities" first recorded 1650s.

中文词源

prodigy：天才，神童

来自拉丁语prodigium,预言，预兆，奇怪的预示，妖怪，来自pro-,向前，-igium,说，预言，可能来自PIE*ag,说，词源同adage.后用于指天赋异禀的孩子，天才，神童。

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