cataclysm的词源

英文词源

cataclysm (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1630s, from French cataclysme (16c.), from Latin cataclysmos or directly from Greek kataklysmos "deluge, flood, inundation," from kataklyzein "to deluge," from kata "down" (see cata-) + klyzein "to wash," from PIE *kleue- "to wash, clean" (see cloaca).

中文词源

cataclysm:大灾难

发音释义:['kætəklɪzəm] n.大灾难;洪水;大变动

结构分析:cataclysm = cata(下去、彻底)+clysm(冲洗)→洪水→大灾难

词源解释:cata←希腊语kata(下去、彻底);clysm←希腊语klyzein(冲洗)

同源词:catalysis(催化作用);catalogue(目录);catastrophe(大灾难);clyster(灌肠)

衍生词:cataclysmic(洪水的、大变动的)

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cataclysm:大灾难

cata-, 向下。-clysm, 冲洗,流,词源可能同flow, flood. 原指大洪水。