apostrophe的词源
英文词源
- apostrophe
- apostrophe: [17] Apostrophe comes originally from the Greek phrase prosōidiā apóstrophos, literally ‘accent of turning away’, hence, a mark showing where a letter or sound has been omitted. Apóstrophos itself was derived from the compound verb apostréphein, formed from the prefix apo- ‘away’ and the verb stréphein ‘turn’ (related to the second element of catastrophe [16], whose Greek original meant literally ‘overturning’). English acquired the word via French and Latin.
=> catastrophe - apostrophe (n.)
- mark indicating omitted letter, 1580s, from Middle French apostrophe, from Late Latin apostrophus, from Greek apostrophos (prosoidia) "(the accent of) turning away," thus, a mark showing where a letter has been omitted, from apostrephein "avert, turn away," from apo- "from" (see apo-) + strephein "to turn" (see strophe).
In English, the mark often represents loss of -e- in -es, possessive ending. It was being extended to all possessives, whether they ever had an -e- or not, by 18c. Greek also used this word for a "turning aside" of an orator in speech to address some inpidual, a sense first recorded in English 1530s.
中文词源
发音释义：[ə'pɒstrəfɪ] adj. 撇号；单引号；省略符号
结构分析：apostrophe = apo（离开）+ strophe（拐弯）→避开→省略→省略符号、撇号
词源解析：strophe←希腊语strephein（拐弯）
背景知识：撇号（’）在英语中表示省略若干字母，如isn’t = is not，we’ll = we will。’s表示所有关系，其实也是一种简略表示。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：apostrophe 词源，apostrophe 含义。
前缀apo-, 从，从...离开。-strophe, 转，同stir, 搅动。
