soothsayer的词源

英文词源

soothsayer (n.)

mid-14c., zoþ ziggere (Kentish), "one who speaks truth,;" late 14c., sothseggere, "fortune-teller;" see sooth + say. Old English had soðsagu "act of speaking the truth."

中文词源

soothsayer：占卜者，预言家

sooth,真实，事实，-say,说，-er,人。即说出事实真相的人，引申词义占卜者，预言家。

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