Rosetta Stone的词源

英文词源

Rosetta Stone (n.)

discovered 1798 at Rosetta, Egypt; now in British Museum. Dating to 2c. B.C.E., its trilingual inscription helped Jean-François Champollion decipher Egyptian demotic and hieroglyphics in 1822, which opened the way to study of all early Egyptian records. Hence, figurative use of the term to mean "something which provides the key to previously unattainable understanding" (1902). The place name is the European form of Rashid, a name given because it was founded c.800 C.E. by Caliph Harun ar-Rashid.

中文词源

Rosetta Stone：罗塞塔石碑

来自 1799 年在埃及罗塞塔附近发现的刻有三种文字的古代石碑，包含埃及象形文字，通俗埃及语，古希腊语，考古学家由此对照，从而解读了很多其它古埃及文本。Rosetta 字面意 思为小玫瑰，来自法语对该地原阿拉伯地名 Rasid（词义为向导，可能因其位于尼罗河入海 口附近而得名）的俗化，而该阿拉伯地名本身又是阿拉伯人对该地原古埃及名 Trashit 的俗化。

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