compendium的词源

英文词源

compendium

compendium: see ponder

compendium (n.)

1580s, from Latin compendium "a shortening, saving," literally "that which is weighed together," from compendere "to weigh together," from com- "together" (see com-) + pendere "to weigh" (see pendant). Borrowed earlier as compendi (mid-15c.).

中文词源

compendium：汇编

com-, 强调。-pend, 悬垂，称量，词源同pendulum, pound .即挂到一起的，汇编。

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