英语词汇colophon的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	colophon
词源	colophon n. "publisher's inscription at the end of a book," 1774, from Late Latin colophon, from Greek kolophōn "summit, final touch" (from PIE root kel- (2) "to be prominent; hill"). "In early times the colophon gave the information now given on the title page" [OED]. Entries linking to colophon* *kel- 2 Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to be prominent," also "hill." It forms all or part of: colonel; colonnade; colophon; column; culminate; culmination; excel; excellence; excellent; excelsior; hill; holm. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit kutam "top, skull;" Latin collis "hill," columna "projecting object," cellere "raise;" Greek kolōnos "hill," kolophōn "summit;" Lithuanian kalnas "mountain," kalnelis "hill," kelti "raise;" Old English hyll "hill," Old Norse hallr "stone," Gothic hallus "rock." updated on November 17, 2018
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