wisdom的词源

英文词源

wisdom (n.)

Old English wisdom "knowledge, learning, experience," from wis (see wise (adj.)) + -dom. A common Germanic compound (Old Saxon, Old Frisian wisdom, Old Norse visdomr, Old High German wistuom "wisdom," German Weistum "judicial sentence serving as a precedent"). Wisdom teeth so called from 1848 (earlier teeth of wisdom, 1660s), a loan-translation of Latin dentes sapientiae, itself a loan-translation of Greek sophronisteres (used by Hippocrates, from sophron "prudent, self-controlled"), so called because they usually appear ages 17-25, when a person reaches adulthood.

中文词源

wisdom：智慧

wis-,智慧，词源同wise,-dom,抽象名词后缀。

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：wisdom 词源，wisdom 含义。

wisdom：智慧，明智；格言，名言

来源于原始印欧语woid-, weid-, wid-(看见,知道)。

词根词缀： wis(-vis-)看见 + -dom名词词尾

wisdom：智慧

wis-,智慧，词源同 wise,-dom,抽象名词后缀。