tarsus的词源

英文词源

tarsus (n.)

the ankle bones collectively, 1670s, Modern Latin, from Greek tarsos "ankle, sole of the foot, rim of the eyelid," originally "flat surface, especially for drying," from PIE root *ters- "to dry" (cognates: Greek teresesthai "to be or become dry," tersainein "to make dry;" Latin terra "land, ground, soil," torrere "dry up, parch;" see terrain). The connecting notion is the bones of the "flat" of the foot (Greek tarsos podos).

中文词源

tarsus：踝骨，跗骨

来自拉丁语 tarsus,踝骨，跗骨，来自希腊语 tarsos,脚踝，脚掌，原义为平面，晒谷场，来自 PIE*ters,晒干，使干燥，词源同 torrid,terrain.

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