apotheosis的词源

英文词源

apotheosis

apotheosis: see theology

apotheosis (n.)

1600s, from Late Latin apotheosis "deification," from Greek apotheosis, from apotheoun "deify, make (someone) a god," from apo- special use of this prefix, meaning, here, "change" + theos "god" (see theo-).

中文词源

apotheosis：封神

前缀apo-, 从，从...离开，此处用于加强语气，指变成。词根theo, 神，见theology, 神学。即从人变神。或者可能来自于一种宗教概念，本自来于神，化身为人，又重归神位。参照基督教耶稣，印度教avatar, 中国济公。

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