英语词汇petroglyph的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	petroglyph
词源	petroglyph n. "carving on or in stone, a rock-carving," usually a prehistoric one, 1854, from French pétroglyphe, from Greek petra "rock" (which is of unknown origin) + glyphē "carving" (from PIE root gleubh- "to tear apart, cleave"). An earlier word was petrograph (1810). Related: Petroglyphic. Entries linking to petroglyph* *gleubh- Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to tear apart, cleave." It forms all or part of: cleave (v.1) "to split, part or divide by force;" cleft; clever; clevis; clove (n.2) "slice of garlic;" glyptodon; hieroglyphic; petroglyph. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Greek glyphe "a carving," glyphein "to hollow out, cut out with a knife, engrave, carve;" Latin glubere "to peel, shell, strip;" Old High German klioban, Old English cleofan, Old Norse kljufa "to cleave," Old Norse klofi, Middle Dutch clove "a cleft." updated on August 31, 2020
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petroglyph n.