apex的词源

英文词源

apex (n.)

c. 1600, from Latin apex "summit, peak, tip, top, extreme end;" probably related to apere "to fasten, fix," hence "the tip of anything" (one of the meanings in Latin was "small rod at the top of the flamen's cap"), from PIE *ap- "to take, reach." Proper plural is apices.

中文词源

apex：顶点

发音释义：['eɪpeks] n. 顶点；尖端

词源解析：apex←拉丁语apex（顶点）

趣味记忆：apex→联想APEC（亚太经济合作组织）→APEC峰会→顶点

衍生词：apical（顶点的、舌尖音）

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：apex 词源，apex 含义。

apex：顶点

来自拉丁语。