英语词汇aquamarine的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	aquamarine
词源	aquamarine [E18th] In Latin aqua means ‘water’ and marina means ‘of the sea, marine’. Put them together and you get aquamarine, a precious stone the blue-green colour of sea water. Other words from aqua include aquarium [M19th], aquatic [LME], and aqueduct [M16th], which is combined with Latin ducere ‘to lead’.
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