spectrum的词源

英文词源

spectrum (n.)

1610s, "apparition, specter," from Latin spectrum (plural spectra) "an appearance, image, apparition, specter," from specere "to look at, view" (see scope (n.1)). Meaning "visible band showing the successive colors, formed from a beam of light passed through a prism" first recorded 1670s. Figurative sense of "entire range (of something)" is from 1936.

中文词源

spectrum：谱，光谱，频谱；范围，幅度，系列

来源于拉丁语中specere(看)的派生词spectrum(外貌),于1671年被牛顿专用来指“光谱”。

词根词缀： -spec-看 + trum

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：spectrum 词源，spectrum 含义。

spectrum：谱，光谱

来自拉丁语 spectrum,出现，显示，影像，鬼魂，幽灵，来自 specere,看，词源同 spectator,aspect. 后与 specter 词义上进行分工，前者用于指鬼，幽灵，该词用于指光谱。