英语词汇mosaic的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

mosaic. The two words mosaic, “a design or picture made from small pieces of stone or other material,” and Mosaic, referring to the prophet Moses, are unrelated. In fact, the strict Jewish and Muhammadan interpretations of the Ten Commandments Moses brought down from Mount Sinai hold that the second Commandment forbids the making of any like- ness of anything, so the capital letter in Mosaic is an important distinguisher. The word for the design mosaic comes to us via French and Latin from the Greek Mousa (“a Muse”), mosaic work being associated with the Muses in ancient Greece. See moses’ cradle.

词汇	mosaic
词源	mosaic. The two words mosaic, “a design or picture made from small pieces of stone or other material,” and Mosaic, referring to the prophet Moses, are unrelated. In fact, the strict Jewish and Muhammadan interpretations of the Ten Commandments Moses brought down from Mount Sinai hold that the second Commandment forbids the making of any like- ness of anything, so the capital letter in Mosaic is an important distinguisher. The word for the design mosaic comes to us via French and Latin from the Greek Mousa (“a Muse”), mosaic work being associated with the Muses in ancient Greece. See moses’ cradle.
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