cerulean的词源

英文词源

cerulean (adj.)

1660s, with -an + Latin caeruleus "blue, dark blue, blue-green," perhaps dissimilated from caelulum, diminutive of caelum "heaven, sky," which is of uncertain origin (see celestial). The Latin word was applied by Roman authors to the sky, the Mediterranean, and occasionally to leaves or fields. As a noun, from 1756.

中文词源

cerulean：天蓝色的

来自拉丁词caelum, 天空，词源同celestial。字母l,r 音变。

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