theme (n.)
14世纪初,“一个人写作或演讲的主题或话题”,源自古法语 tesme(13世纪,带有无声的 -s- “表示元音长度”[OED],现代法语 thème),直接源自拉丁语 thema “一个主题,论题”,来自希腊语 thema “一个命题,主题,存款”,字面意思是“放下的东西”,来自 PIE *dhe-mn,是 *dhe- “放置,放置”的后缀形式。意思是“学校论文”来自1540年代。对音乐的扩展首次记录于1670年代; theme song 首次出现于1929年。Theme park 来自1960年。
theme 的相关词汇
*dhē-,原始印欧词根,意为“设定,放置”。
它构成以下词汇的全部或部分: abdomen; abscond; affair; affect(第一动词)“在心中留下印象”; affect(第二动词)“假装”; affection; amplify; anathema; antithesis; apothecary; artifact; artifice; beatific; benefice; beneficence; beneficial; benefit; bibliothec; bodega; boutique; certify; chafe; chauffeur; comfit; condiment; confection; confetti; counterfeit; deed; deem; deface; defeasance; defeat; defect; deficient; difficulty; dignify; discomfit; do(动词); doom; -dom; duma; edifice; edify; efface; effect; efficacious; efficient; epithet; facade; face; facet; facial; -facient; facile; facilitate; facsimile; fact; faction(名词1)“政党”; -faction; factitious; factitive; factor; factory; factotum; faculty; fashion; feasible; feat; feature; feckless; fetish; -fic; fordo; forfeit; -fy; gratify; hacienda; hypothecate; hypothesis; incondite; indeed; infect; justify; malefactor; malfeasance; manufacture; metathesis; misfeasance; modify; mollify; multifarious; notify; nullify; office; officinal; omnifarious; orifice; parenthesis; perfect; petrify; pluperfect; pontifex; prefect; prima facie; proficient; profit; prosthesis; prothesis; purdah; putrefy; qualify; rarefy; recondite; rectify; refectory; sacrifice; salmagundi; samadhi; satisfy; sconce; suffice; sufficient; surface; surfeit; synthesis; tay; ticking(名词); theco-; thematic; theme; thesis; verify。
它是以下词汇的假定来源/其存在的证据为:梵语 dadhati “放置,安排”; 阿维斯塔语 dadaiti “他放置”; 古波斯语 ada “他制造”; 赫梯语 dai- “放置”; 希腊语 tithenai “放置,设置,安置”; 拉丁语 facere “做,干; 执行; 带来”; 立陶宛语 dėti “放置”; 波兰语 dziać się “正在发生”; 俄语 delat' “做”; 古高地德语 tuon,德语 tun,古英语 don “做”。
1690年代,逻辑学中的词汇,源自希腊语 thematikos,来自 thema(属格 thematos; 参见 theme)。自1871年起用于写作或言论。相关词汇: Thematical; thematically。
希腊法律和正义女神的名字意为“习俗,权利”,字面意思为“根据习俗所制定或建立的东西”; 也指“法律,条例”,但更接近于拉丁语 ius(见 jurist)而不是 lex(见 legal); 与 thema “命题; 放置的东西”有关(见 theme)。