gazetteer的词源

英文词源

gazetteer (n.)

1610s, "journalist," from gazette (n.) + -eer. Meaning "geographical dictionary" is from 1704, from Laurence Eachard's 1693 geographical handbook for journalists, "The Gazetteer's, or Newsman's, Interpreter," second edition simply titled "The Gazetteer."

中文词源

gazetteer：地名词典，地名索引

来自gazette, 报纸。原用于记者地名索引词典，后词义通用化。

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