celestial的词源
英文词源
- celestial (adj.)
- late 14c., "pertaining to heaven," from Old French celestial "celestial, heavenly, sky-blue," from Latin caelestis "heavenly, pertaining to the sky," from caelum "heaven, sky; abode of the gods; climate," which is of uncertain origin; perhaps from PIE *kaid-slo-, perhaps from a root also found in Germanic and Baltic meaning "bright, clear" (compare Lithuanian skaidrus "shining, clear;" Old English hador, German heiter "clear, shining, cloudless," Old Norse heið "clear sky").
The Latin word is the source of the usual word for "sky" in most of the Romance languages, such as French ciel, Spanish cielo, Italian cielo. General sense of "heavenly, very delightful" in English is from early 15c.
中文词源
发音释义：[sɪ'lestɪəl] adj.天上的；天体的n.神仙；天堂里的居民
结构分析：celestial = celest（天）+ial（形容词后缀）→天上的→神仙
词源解释：celest←拉丁语caelum（天）
同源词：Selina（赛琳娜←天国似的，美好的）；celeste（天蓝色的）
词组习语：celestial body（天体）；celestial being（神灵）；celestial movement（天体运动）
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：celestial 词源，celestial 含义。
来自拉丁词caelum, 天空，最终来自PIE*kaid,*skai, 照耀，明亮，词源同candle, shine.
