英语词汇zion的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	zion
词源	Zion late Old English Sion, from Greek Seon, from Hebrew Tsiyon, name of a Canaanite hill fortress in Jerusalem captured by David and called in the Bible "City of David." It became the center of Jewish life and worship. Entries linking to zion Zionism n. 1896, "movement for forming (later supporting) a Jewish national state in Palestine," from German Zionismus (from Zion + Latin-derived suffix -ismus; see -ism); the German word is first attested 1886 in "Selbstemancipation," by "Matthias Acher" (pseudonym of Nathan Birnbaum (1864-1937)). Zionist 1896 (adj. and noun), from Zion + -ist. updated on October 10, 2017
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