英语词汇oscine的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	oscine
词源	oscine adj. "of or pertaining to the singing birds," 1872, from Modern Latin Oscines, the scientific name of the suborder, from Latin oscen (gentitive oscinis) "songbird, bird giving omens by its cry, from assimilated form of ob- "in front of, before" (see ob-) + canere "to sing" (from PIE root kan- "to sing"). Entries linking to oscine* ob- word-forming element meaning "toward; against; before; near; across; down," also used as an intensive, from Latin ob (prep.) "in the direction of, in front of, before; toward, to, at, upon, about; in the way of; with regard to, because of," from PIE root epi, also opi "near, against" (see epi-). *kan- Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to sing." It forms all or part of: accent; cant (n.1); cantabile; cantata; cantatrice; canticle; canto; cantor; canzone; Carmen; chanson; chant; chanter; chanteuse; chanty; chanticleer; charm; concent; descant; enchant; enchantment; hen; incantation; incentive; oscine; precentor; recant. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Greek eikanos "cock," literally "bird who sings (for sunrise);" Latin cantare, canere "to sing;" Old Irish caniaid "sings," Welsh canu "sing;" Old English hana "cock." updated on October 09, 2017
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oscine adj.

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