英语词汇tycoon的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	tycoon
词源	tycoon. Tycoon is just an American phonetic spelling of the Japanese taikun, for “great prince.” The Japanese word, in turn, comes from the Chinese ta, “great,” and chun, “prince.” Ameri- cans encountered the taikun, whose military title was shogun, during Commodore Perry’s expedition to Japan of 1852–54 and brought the word home, where it was applied to any pow- erful man, especially a wealthy businessman.
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