英语词汇zen的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	zen
词源	Zen n. school of Mahayana Buddhism, 1727, from Japanese, from Chinese ch'an, ultimately from Sanskrit dhyana "thought, meditation," from PIE root dheie- "to see, look" (source also of Greek sēma "sign, mark, token;" see semantic). As an adjective from 1881. Entries linking to zen* semantic adj. "relating to significance or meaning," 1894, from French sémantique, applied by Michel Bréal (1883) to the psychology of language, from Greek sēmantikos "significant," from sēmainein "to show by sign, signify, point out, indicate by a sign," from sēma "sign, mark, token; omen, portent; constellation; grave" (Doric sama), from PIE root dheie- "to see, look" (source also of Sanskrit dhyati "he meditates;" see zen). The word has tended to become loose in application. Semanticize* "invest (something) with meaning; analyze semantically" is by 1942. updated on April 24, 2022
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