英语词汇neolithic的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	neolithic
词源	neolithic adj. "pertaining to the later Stone Age, belonging to the period of highly finished and polished stone implements," 1865, coined by John Lubbock, later Baron Avebury, (1834-1913) from neo- "new" + -lith "stone" + -ic. Entries linking to neolithic neo- word-forming element meaning "new, young, recent," used in a seemingly endless number of adjectives and nouns, mostly coined since c. 1880, from Greek neos "new, young, youthful; fresh, strange; lately, just now," from PIE root *newo- (see new). In the physical sciences, caeno-, ceno- is used in the same sense. Paleo- is opposed to both. -lith word-forming element meaning "stone, rock," from Modern Latin -lithus or French -lithe (see -lith). neo--lith-iceolithic (adj.)paleolithic (adj.) updated on May 19, 2019
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neolithic adj.