英语词汇empyreal的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	empyreal
词源	empyreal adj. late 15c., "pertaining to the highest heaven," from Medieval Latin empyreus, from Greek empyros "fiery," from assimilated form of en (see en- (2)) + pyr "fire" (from PIE root paewr- "fire") + -al (1). Confused by early writers with imperial. Entries linking to empyreal* en- 2 word-forming element meaning "near, at, in, on, within," from Greek en "in," cognate with Latin in (from PIE root en "in"), and thus with en- (1). Typically assimilated to em- before -p-, -b-, -m-, -l-, and -r-. paewr- *paəwr-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "fire." It forms all or part of: antipyretic; burro; empyreal; empyrean; fire; pyracanth; pyre; pyretic; pyrexia; pyrite; pyro-; pyrolusite; pyromania; pyrrhic; sbirro. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit pu, Hittite pahhur "fire;" Armenian hur "fire, torch;" Czech pyr "hot ashes;" Greek pyr, Umbrian pir "fire;" Old English fyr, German Feuer "fire." -al 1 suffix forming adjectives from nouns or other adjectives, "of, like, related to, pertaining to," Middle English -al, -el, from French or directly from Latin -alis (see -al (2)). updated on May 11, 2017
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empyreal adj.