sanctum的词源

英文词源

sanctum (n.)

1570s, "holy place of the Jewish tabernacle," from Latin sanctum "a holy place," as in Late Latin sanctum sanctorum "holy of holies" (translating Greek to hagion ton hagiou, translating Hebrew qodesh haqqodashim), from neuter of sanctus "holy" (see saint (n.)). In English, sanctum sanctorum attested from c. 1400; in sense of "a person's private retreat" from 1706.

中文词源

sanctum：圣所，私室，密室

sanct-,神圣的，-um,表地方。即圣所，引申词义私室，密室。

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