英语词汇semele的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	semele
词源	Semele daughter of Cadmus and mother (by Zeus) of Dionysus, via Latin from Greek Semelē, who seems to have been originally a Thraco-Phrygian earth goddess. From Phrygian Zemele "mother of the earth." Phrygian was an Indo-European language of central Anatolia, and the word probably is cognate with Old Church Slavonic zemlja "earth," Latin humus "earth, ground, soil" (from PIE root dhghem- "earth"). Entries linking to semele* *dhghem- Proto-Indo-European root meaning "earth." It forms all or part of: antichthon; autochthon; autochthonic; bonhomie; bridegroom; camomile; chameleon; chernozem; chthonic; exhume; homage; hombre; homicide; hominid; Homo sapiens; homunculus; human; humane; humble; humiliate; humility; humus; inhumation; inhume; nemo; ombre; omerta. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit ksam- "earth" (opposed to "sky"); Greek khthōn "the earth, solid surface of the earth," khamai "on the ground;" Latin humus "earth, soil," humilis "low;" Lithuanian žemė, Old Church Slavonic zemlja "earth;" Old Irish du, genitive don "place," earlier "earth." updated on April 24, 2022
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