英语词汇prodigy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	prodigy
词源	prodigy [LME] A prodigy initially was something extraordinary considered to be an omen. It comes from Latin prodigium ‘portent’. It came to be applied to a person possessing an amazing quality or talent in the late 17th century. Similarly prodigious [LME] only developed the sense ‘very large’ in the early 17th century.
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