Semite的词源

英文词源

Semite (n.)

1847, "a Jew, Arab, Assyrian, or Aramaean" (an apparently isolated use from 1797 refers to the Semitic language group), back-formation from Semitic or else from French Sémite (1845), from Modern Latin Semita, from Late Latin Sem "Shem," one of the three sons of Noah (Gen. x:21-30), regarded as the ancestor of the Semites (in old Bible-based anthropology), from Hebrew Shem. In modern sense said to have been first used by German historian August Schlözer in 1781.

中文词源

Semite：闪米特人

来自法语 semite,闪米特人，来自拉丁语 Sem,来自希腊语 Sem,来自希伯来语 sem,闪，圣经中 人类始祖诺亚的儿子，阿拉伯人，犹太人，叙利亚人等共同的祖先，诺亚的另两个儿子分别 为含，雅弗。

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