calligraphy的词源

英文词源

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calligraphy: see kaleidoscope
calligraphy (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1610s, from Greek kaligraphia, from kallos "beauty" (see Callisto) + graphein "to write" (see -graphy). Related: Calligraphic. The usual comb. form in Greek was kalli- "beautiful, fine, happy, favorable;" kalo- was a later, rarer alternative form.

中文词源

calligraphy:书法

发音释义:[kə'lɪgrəfɪ] n.书法;笔迹

结构分析:calligraphy = calli(美丽的)+graphy(写、画)→美丽的书写→书法

词源解释:calli←希腊语kallos(美丽的);graphy←希腊语graphein(写、画)

同源词:calisthenics(健美操);Callisto(女神卡利斯托,意为“最美丽的”);Calliope (女神卡利俄佩,意为“美丽的面容”);kaleidoscope(万花筒←能看到美丽图案的视觉装置);callimorphic(美体的);callipygian(美臀的);graph(图表);cacography(拼写出错、拙劣的书法)

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calligraphy:书法

calli-,美。-graph, 写。

calligraphy:书法,书法艺术

来源于希腊语kalligraphia[漂亮的书法,--由kalli-(漂亮的)和-graphia(写,画)组成]。

词根词缀: calli-漂亮 + -graph-写,画 + -y