botany的词源
英文词源
- botany
- botany: [17] Botany was derived from botanic, a borrowing, either directly or via French botanique, of Latin botanicus. The ultimate source of the word was Greek botánē ‘plant, pasture’, a derivative of the verb boskein ‘feed’.
- botany (n.)
- 1690s, from botanic. The -y is from astronomy, etc. Botany Bay so called by Capt. Cook on account of the great variety of plants found there.
中文词源
发音释义:['bɑtəni] n.植物学
结构分析:botany = botan(植物)+y(名词后缀)→植物学
词源解释:botany←希腊语botane(植物、草)
助记窍门:botany→谐音“包点泥”→种植花草→植物、植物学
同源词:botanic(植物的、植物学的);botanist(植物学家)
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:botany 词源,botany 含义。
来自希腊词botane, 植物,草,词源同pasture, 放牧。