canopy的词源
英文词源
- canopy
- canopy: [14] Etymologically, a canopy is a ‘mosquito net’. The word comes ultimately from Greek kōnōpeion, a derivative of kónops ‘mosquito’. This passed via Latin cōnōpūum into medieval Latin as canopeum, which meant both ‘mosquito net’ and ‘couch with such a net’. English adopted it directly from Latin as canope or canape, meaning ‘covering suspended over a throne, bed, etc’.
The French version of the word, however, concentrated on other aspects of canopeum’s meaning; French canapé means ‘couch, sofa’. Its metaphorical extension, ‘piece of bread or biscuit with a savoury topping’, was borrowed into English towards the end of the 19th century.
=> canapé - canopy (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French conope "bed-curtain" (Modern French canapé), from Medieval Latin canopeum, dissimilated from Latin conopeum, from Greek konopeion "Egyptian couch with mosquito curtains," from konops "mosquito, gnat," which is of unknown origin. The same word (canape) in French, Spanish, and Portuguese now means "sofa, couch." Italian canape is a French loan word.
- canopy (v.)
- c. 1600, from canopy (n.). Related: Canopied; canopying.
中文词源
canopy(天蓬):可以铺设蚊帐的埃及床
在古代埃及,人们夏天晚上睡觉时,为了避免蚊虫叮咬,就用渔网或其他材料把床围起来,这就是最初的蚊帐。希腊人见到埃及人的这种四周围有蚊帐的床,觉得十分有用,就将其引入到希腊,并将这种床叫做konopeion,来自konops(蚊虫),字面意思就是“避免蚊虫叮咬(的床)”,这就是英语单词canopy的来源。
其实这种埃及床的最大特点就是有一个顶,可以用来撑开蚊帐。因此,单词canopy就逐渐衍生出“顶、盖、天蓬、华盖”等含义。
canopy:['kænəpɪ] n.天蓬,华盖,遮蓬,苍穹vt.用天蓬遮盖,遮盖
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:canopy 词源,canopy 含义。
发音释义:['kænəpɪ] n.天蓬;华盖;遮蓬;树冠;苍穹vt.遮盖
词源解释:canopy←希腊语konopeion(带蚊帐的埃及床)←希腊语konops(蚊虫)
在古代埃及,人们夏天晚上睡觉时,为了避免蚊虫叮咬,就用渔网或其他材料把床围起来,这就是最初的蚊帐。希腊人见到埃及人的这种四周围有蚊帐的床,觉得十分有用,就将其复制到希腊,并将这种床叫做konopeion,来自konops(蚊虫),字面意思就是“避免蚊虫叮咬(的床)”。这种埃及床的最大特点就是有一个顶,可以用来撑开蚊帐。因此,单词canopy就逐渐衍生出“顶、盖、天蓬、华盖”等含义。
来自拉丁词conopeum, 蚊子,后指蚊罩。可能来自PIE*sek, 砍,切,词源同carnage, saw. 在法语该词也可指沙发。
古代帝王把华丽的canopy(天蓬)装置在御床顶部以象征权贵,也是一种美的标志。不过,古希腊人档不这么高看canopy,甚至对它十分反感,因为这个词在古希腊语中写作konops,意思是“蚊虫”。为了避免蚊虫叮咬,希腊人就睡在带有防虫帘布的埃及式床内,并把这种床叫作konopein canopy就是从这个词经拉丁语演变来的。