syllabus的词源

英文词源

syllabus

syllabus: [17] The word syllabus is the result of a misprint. It originated as Greek sittúbā ‘label, table of contents’, which was borrowed into Latin as sittyba. However, in an early printed edition of Cicero’s Letters to Atticus, in the 1470s, its accusative plural form sittybas was misprinted as syllabos. This was taken as representing a Greek súllabos, a supposed (but quite spurious) derivative of Greek sullambánein ‘gather together’ (source of English syllable), which was then relatinized to syllabus. Its earliest application to the ‘contents of a course of instruction’ appears to date from the late 18th century.

syllabus (n.)

1650s, "table of contents of a series of lectures, etc.," from Late Latin syllabus "list," ultimately a misreading of Greek sittybos "parchment label, table of contents," of unknown origin. The misprint appeared in a 15c. edition of Cicero's "Ad Atticum" (see OED). Had it been a real word, the proper plural would be syllabi.

中文词源

syllabus：教学大纲，课程大纲，提纲

这是一个印刷错误的结果所产生的词。在古罗马政治家、演说家、哲学家西塞罗（Cicero,106-43BC）的《致阿提卡人的信》15世纪版本中有个词 sittybas,意思是table of contents（目录），被印刷工误排成 syllabos,以后又演变成syllabus。于是syllabus 被赋予sittybas 原先的词义，即“目录”，以后又引申为“提纲”、“课程大纲”和“教学大纲”等义。

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

syllabus：摘要，提纲，课程表，教学大纲

来自晚期拉丁语 syllabus,清单，目录，误读或误写自希腊语 sittybos,清单，目录，词源不详。 该错误发生的原因可能是编者认为该希腊词本身是一个错误，而正确的拼写应为 syllabe,集 中，聚集，词源同 syllable.并由该拉丁词引申词义摘要，提纲等。