moon的词源
英文词源
- moon
- moon: [OE] Indo-European *mēnes- meant both ‘moon’ and ‘month’. It was probably a derivative of the base *me- (source of English measure), reflecting the fact that in ancient times the passage of time was measured by the revolutions of the moon. Both strands of meaning have been preserved in the Germanic languages, represented by different forms: the ‘moon’ strand has differentiated into German mond, Dutch maan, Swedish måane, Danish maane, and English moon. Etymologically, Monday is ‘moon day’.
=> measure, metre, monday, month - moon (n.)
- Old English mona, from Proto-Germanic *menon- (cognates: Old Saxon and Old High German mano, Old Frisian mona, Old Norse mani, Danish maane, Dutch maan, German Mond, Gothic mena "moon"), from PIE *me(n)ses- "moon, month" (cognates: Sanskrit masah "moon, month;" Avestan ma, Persian mah, Armenian mis "month;" Greek mene "moon," men "month;" Latin mensis "month;" Old Church Slavonic meseci, Lithuanian menesis "moon, month;" Old Irish mi, Welsh mis, Breton miz "month"), probably from root *me- "to measure," in reference to the moon's phases as the measure of time.
A masculine noun in Old English. In Greek, Italic, Celtic, Armenian the cognate words now mean only "month." Greek selene (Lesbian selanna) is from selas "light, brightness (of heavenly bodies)." Old Norse also had tungl "moon," ("replacing mani in prose" - Buck), evidently an older Germanic word for "heavenly body," cognate with Gothic tuggl, Old English tungol "heavenly body, constellation," of unknown origin or connection. Hence Old Norse tunglfylling "lunation," tunglœrr "lunatic" (adj.).
Extended 1665 to satellites of other planets. To shoot the moon "leave without paying rent" is British slang from c. 1823; card-playing sense perhaps influenced by gambler's shoot the works (1922) "go for broke" in shooting dice. The moon race and the U.S. space program of the 1960s inspired a number of coinages, including, from those skeptical of the benefits to be gained, moondoggle (based on boondoggle). The man in the moon is mentioned since early 14c.; he carries a bundle of thorn-twigs and is accompanied by a dog. Some Japanese, however, see a rice-cake-making rabbit in the moon. - moon (v.)
- c. 1600, "to expose to moonlight;" later "idle about" (1836), "move listlessly" (1848), probably on notion of being moonstruck. The meaning "to flash the buttocks" is first recorded 1968, U.S. student slang, from moon (n.) "buttocks" (1756), "probably from the idea of pale circularity" [Ayto]. See moon (n.). Related: Mooned; mooning.
中文词源
来自古英语mona,来自PIE*me,测量，词源同meter,measure.即通过看月亮月相变化来测量日期。引申动词词义思念，参照诗句“海上生明月，天涯共此时”。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：moon 词源，moon 含义。
moon：月球，月亮，卫星
古印欧语menes-的语义是“月”，是月亮的月，也是年月的月，和英语measure(测量)共源于古印欧语me-，反映出古人是依据月亮的运动来测量时间的；从词源学上讲，英语Monday是“月亮日(moon day)”。
同源词：measure, meter, Monday, month
moon（月亮）：北欧神话中的月亮神曼尼
在北欧神话中，月亮神是男的，名叫曼尼（Mani），古英语中称为Mona，英语单词moon（月亮）、month（月）便来源于此。曼尼是太阳神苏尔的兄弟，他负责驾驶月辆车，和负责驾驶太阳车的苏尔每天在天空交替运行。在他身后是夜之女神诺特（Nott）所驾驶的黑色车辆。他们出现在天际的时候，大地就进入夜晚。
moon：[mun] n. 月亮；月球；月光；卫星
