schist的词源

英文词源

schist (n.)

type of layered metamorphic rock, 1795 (earlier schistus, c. 1600), from French schiste (16c.), from Latin schistos lapis "stone that splits easily" (Pliny), from Greek skhistos "pided, separated," from skhizein "to split" (see shed (v.)). The rock splits easily in layers. Liddell & Scott say Greek skhistos lithos was "probably talc."

中文词源

schist：片岩

来自法语 schiste,片岩，来自拉丁语 schistos lapis,分开的石头，来自 schistos,分开，词源同 schism,lapis,石头，词源同 lapidary.

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