luminary的词源

英文词源

luminary (n.): mid-15c., "lamp, source of (artificial) light," from Old French luminarie (12c.), "lamp, lights, lighting; candles; brightness, illumination," from Late Latin luminare "light, torch, lamp, heavenly body," literally "that which gives light," from Latin lumen (genitive luminis) "light," related to lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)). Sense of "notable person" is first recorded 1690s, though the Middle English word also had a figurative sense of "source of spiritual light, example of holiness."

来自拉丁语lumen,光亮，光线，词源同light.引申词义发光的人，专家，权威。

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词根词缀： -lumin-光,照 + -ary名词词尾