stalagmite的词源

英文词源

stalagmite (n.)

cone-shaped formation of carbonate of lime on the floor of a cave, 1680s, from Modern Latin stalagmites (1650s, Olaus Wormius), from Greek stalagmos "a dropping," or stalagma "a drop, drip, that which drops," from stalassein "to trickle" (see stalactite). Related: Stalagmitic; stalagmitical.

中文词源

stalagmite：石笋

来自拉丁语 stalagmites,石笋，向上生长的石柱，来自希腊语 stalagmos,滴落，滴下，来自 stalassein,滴，流淌，来自 PIE*stag,滴，渗出，词源同 stagnant,instill.拼写比较 rule,regulate. 其与 stalactite 的区别可能在于-ct 为-g 的过去分词格。

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