classic的词源

英文词源

classic (adj.): 1610s, "of the highest class; approved as a model," from French classique (17c.), from Latin classicus "relating to the (highest) classes of the Roman people," hence, "superior," from classis (see class). Originally in English, "of the first class;" meaning "belonging to standard authors of Greek and Roman antiquity" is attested from 1620s.
classic (n.): "a Greek or Roman writer or work," 1711, from classic (adj.). So, by mid-19c., any work in any context held to have a similar quality or relationship. In classical Latin noun use of classicus meant "a Marine" (miles classicus) from the "military pision" sense of classis.

来源于拉丁语名词classis(古罗马人的分类),古罗马人按土地和财富被分成六类,其中最高级别的人是classicus。

词根词缀： class分类 + -ic形容词词尾,属于

同源词：class, classical, classify, classified, classification

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来自class,阶级。特别指古罗马有能力组织军队和响应军事号召的阶级，因此引申词义一等阶级，最高级，或经典，一流。