threnody的词源

英文词源

threnody (n.)

"song of lamentation," 1630s, from Greek threnodia "lamentation," from threnos "dirge, lament" + oide "ode" (see ode). Greek threnos probably is from PIE imitative root *dher- (3) "to drone, murmur, hum;" cognates: Old English dran "drone," Gothic drunjus "sound," Greek tenthrene "a kind of wasp."

中文词源

threnody：挽歌，哀歌，哀诗

来自希腊语 threnos,悲歌，挽歌，可能来自拟声词根 PIE*thren,嗡嗡声，词源同 drone.-ody, 歌，诗，词源同 ode,comedy.

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