vicinity的词源

英文词源

vicinity

vicinity: [16] Latin vīcus meant ‘group of houses, village’ (it is related to the -wich or -wick of English place-names, which originally meant ‘hamlet, town’). From it was derived vīcīnus ‘neighbouring’, which in turn produced vīcīnitās ‘neighbourhood’, source of English vicinity.

vicinity (n.)

1550s, "nearness in place," from Middle French vicinité and directly from Latin vicinitas "of or pertaining to neighbors or a neighborhood," as a noun, "neighborhood, nearness, proximity," from vicinus (adj.) "of the neighborhood, near, neighboring," as a noun "the neighborhood, a neighbor," from vicus "group of houses, village," related to the -wick, -wich in English place names, from PIE *weik- (1) "clan, social unit above the household" (see villa). Meaning "neighborhood, surrounding district" in English is attested by 1796.

中文词源

vicinity：邻近地区

来自PIE*weik,宗族，村落，家庭，社会单位，词源同village,economy,Greenwick。引申词义临近地区，附近。

来自PIE*weik“聚居区，宗族，家族”的衍生词：

villa：别墅。来自拉丁语vicus, 村庄，聚居区。

villain：村民，恶棍，流氓。

vicinity：街区。

oikos：家，屋子，聚居区。

ecology：生态学。

economy：经济学。

ecumenical：基督教宗教合一的，一般的，普通的。

Greenwich：绿色村庄，格陵尼治天文台。

Sandwich：沙村，沙堡，三明治。

diocese：主教教区，来自希腊语dioikesis,来自dia-,穿过，oikos,屋子，聚居区。

parochial：来自拉丁语parochia, 来自希腊语paroikos,来自para-, 在周围，oikos, 屋子，聚居区。

parish：教区，堂区，行政小区，来自拉丁语parochia,教区，堂区。

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vicinity：邻近地区

来自 PIE*weik,宗族，村落，家庭，社会单位，词源同 village,economy,Greenwick.引申词义 临近地区，附近。