xylophone的词源

英文词源

xylophone

xylophone: [19] Etymologically, a xylophone makes ‘sounds’ from ‘wood’. The term was coined in the 1860s from Greek xúlon ‘wood’ (an allusion to the instrument’s tuned wooden bars) and the combining form -phone ‘sound’.

xylophone (n.)

1866, coined from Greek xylon "wood" (see xylo-) + phone "a sound," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)).

中文词源

xylophone：木琴

xylo-,木质，木头，-phone,声音，用做乐器名。比较vibraphone,celesta.

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xylophone：木琴

词根词缀： -xyl-木 + -o- + -phon-声音 + -e