tonsure的词源

英文词源

tonsure: tonsure: see tome
tonsure (n.): late 14c., "shaving of the head or part of it," especially as a religious rite, from Anglo-French tonsure (mid-14c.), Old French tonsure "ecclesiastical tonsure; sheep-shearing" (14c.), from Latin tonsura "a shearing, clipping," from tonsus, past participle of tondere "to shear, shave, clip, crop," from PIE *tend-, from root *tem- "to cut" (see tome). The verb is attested from 1706 (implied in tonsured). Related: Tonsuring.

来自拉丁语 tondere,剪，切，来自 PIE*tem,切，砍，词源同 atom,tome.字母 m,n 音变，比较 simple,single.-s,过去分词格，-ure,名词后缀。特用于指僧侣或教士等的剃度。

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