constellation的词源

英文词源

constellation (n.)

early 14c., from Old French constellacion "constellation, conjuncture (of planets)," from Late Latin constellationem (nominative constellatio) "set with stars," from constellatus, from Latin com- "with" (see com-) + past participle of stellare "to shine," from stella "star" (see star). Originally in astrology, of position of planets ("stars") in regard to one another on a given day, usually one's birth day, as a determination of one's character. "I folwed ay myn inclinacioun/By vertu of my constillacioun" (Chaucer, "Wife's Prologue," c. 1386). Modern astronomical sense is from 1550s.

中文词源

constellation：星座

con-, 强调。-stell, 星星，词源同star,

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constellation：星群，星座，灿烂的一群

词根词缀： con-共同 + -stell-星 + -ation