circumflex的词源

英文词源

circumflex (n.)

1570s, from Latin (accentus) circumflexus, "bent around," past participle of circumflectere "to bend around," of a charioteer, "turn around" (from circum "around;" see circum-, + flectere "to bend;" see flexible); used as a loan-translation of Greek (prosodia) perispomenos (Dionysius of Halicarnassus), literally "drawn-around," with reference to shape.

中文词源

circumflex：音调符号

circum-,圈，周围，-flex,弯，转，见flexible.因形如小圆圈而得名。

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