carillon的词源

英文词源

carillon

carillon: see quarter

carillon (n.)

1775, from French carillon, which, according to French sources, is from Old French carignon "set of four bells," an alteration of quarregon, from Vulgar Latin *quadrinionem, from Latin quaternionem "set of four," from quater "four times," from PIE *kwetrus, from root *kwetwer- "four" (see four).

中文词源

carillon：大钟

本义为四，词源同cadre, four, quarter, 指四件套一组的编钟。-on, 大词后缀。

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