metropolis的词源

英文词源

metropolis

metropolis: [16] A metropolis is etymologically a ‘mother city’. The word comes via late Latin mētropolis from Greek mētrópolis, a compound formed from métēr ‘mother’ (a distant relative of English mother) and pólis ‘city’ (source of English police, policy, politics, etc).
=> mother, police, policy, politics

metropolis (n.)

"seat of a metropolitan bishop," 1530s, from Late Latin metropolis; see metropolitan. Meaning "chief town or capital city of a province" is first attested 1580s, earlier metropol (late 14c.).

中文词源

metropolis：大城市，大都会

来自希腊语meter,母亲，词源同mother,polis,城市，词源同police,policy.比喻用法。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：metropolis 词源，metropolis 含义。

metropolis：(国或地区的)首都，首府；首要城市；大都会，大城市

词根词缀： metro(-matr-)母 + -polis-城市