fontanelle的词源

英文词源

fontanelle (n.)

also fontanel, 1540s, "hollow between two muscles," from French fontanelle (16c.), from Old French fontenele "small source, fountain, spring; fontanelle," diminutive of fontaine "spring" (see fountain), on analogy of the dent in the earth where a spring arises. In reference to the "hollow" in a baby's skull, it is first recorded 1741.

中文词源

fontanelle：囟门（婴儿头顶骨未合缝处）

来自拉丁语fons, 喷泉，词源同fountain. -elle, 小词后缀。用于解剖学名词。

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