astrology的词源

英文词源

astrology (n.)

late 14c., from Latin astrologia "astronomy, the science of the heavenly bodies," from Greek astrologia "telling of the stars," from astron "star" (see astro-) + -logia "treating of" (see -logy).

Originally identical with astronomy, it had also a special sense of "practical astronomy, astronomy applied to prediction of events." This was pided into natural astrology "the calculation and foretelling of natural phenomenon" (tides, eclipses, etc.), and judicial astrology "the art of judging occult influences of stars on human affairs" (also known as astromancy, 1650s). Differentiation between astrology and astronomy began late 1400s and by 17c. this word was limited to "reading influences of the stars and their effects on human destiny."

中文词源

astrology：占星术

发音释义：[ə'strɒlədʒɪ] n. 占星术；占星学

结构分析：astrology = astro（星体）+logy（学科）→占星术

近义辨析：astrology（占星术）是astronomy（天文学）的前身，助记方法：logy含有字母l和g，在字母表中位置靠前→问世在前的astrology（占星术）；nomy含有字母n和m，在字母表中位置靠后→问世在后的astronomy（天文学）。

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astrology：占星术，占星学

词根词缀： -astr-星 + -o- + -logy…学科