tableau的词源

英文词源

tableau (n.)

1690s, "a picturesque or graphic description or picture," from French tableau "picture, painting" (12c.), from Old French table "slab, writing tablet" (see table (n.)) + diminutive suffix -eau, from Latin -ellus. Hence tableau-vivant (1817) "person or persons silent and motionless, enacting a well-known scene, incident, painting, etc.," 19c. parlor game, literally "living picture."

中文词源

tableau：群雕塑像，舞台造型

来自法语 tableau-vivant,活的雕像，逼真的绘画，来自 tableau,图片，绘画，来自古法语 table, 石板，写字板，绘画板，词源同 table.-eau,小词后缀，对应英语后缀-elle.

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