physiognomy的词源

英文词源

physiognomy (n.)

late 14c., "art of judging characters from facial features," from Old French phizonomie and directly from Late Latin physiognomia, from Greek physiognomia "the judging of a person's nature by his features," from physio- (see physio-) + gnomon (genitive gnomonos) "judge, indicator" (see gnomon). Meaning "face, countenance, features" is from c. 1400. Related: Physiognomical.

中文词源

physiognomy：相面术，人相学，容貌，相貌

来自希腊语physiognomia,相面，由人的身体特征判断本性和性格，来自physo-,身体，躯体，gnomon,判断，词源同know,gnomic.因人的身体特征主要在于相貌，引申词义容貌，相貌。

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