trapezium的词源

英文词源

trapezium (n.)

1560s, from Late Latin trapezium, from Greek trapezion "irregular quadrilateral," literally "a little table," diminutive of trapeza "table, dining table," from tra- "four" (see four) + peza "foot, edge," related to pous, from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). Before 1540s, Latin editions of Euclid used the Arabic-derived word helmariphe. As the name of a bone in the wrist, it is recorded from 1840.

中文词源

trapezium：梯形

来自拉丁语 trapezium,梯形，来自希腊语 trapezion,不规则四边形，来自 tra-,四，词源同 four,tetralogy,peza,脚，词源同 foot,biped.

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