英语词汇mesolithic的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	mesolithic
词源	mesolithic adj. 1866 in archaeology, "belonging to the middle Stone Age (in Europe, roughly 15,000 to 5,000 years before the present, between the paleolithic and the neolithic); see meso- "middle" + lithic "consisting of stone." The word was used c. 1859 in a different sense in geology. Entries linking to mesolithic meso- before vowels mes-, word-forming element meaning "middle, intermediate, halfway," from Greek mesos "middle, in the middle; middling, moderate; between" (from PIE root *medhyo- "middle"). lithic adj. 1797, "pertaining to or consisting of stone," from Greek lithikos "of or pertaining to stone," from lithos "stone" (see litho-). From 1875 as "pertaining to lithium. updated on December 30, 2018
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mesolithic adj.