英文字彙與字源學 Week 10

英文字彙與字源學 Week 10

belli	war	bellicose (adj.) early 15c., "warlike," from Latin bellicosus "warlike, valorous, given to fighting," from bellicus "of war," from bellum "war," Old Latin duellum, dvellum, which is of uncertain origin.
biblio	book	bibliomania (n.) 1734, after French bibliomanie, from biblio- + mania. bibliolatry (n.)  1763, "worship of books," from biblio- + -latry. Meaning "worship of the Bible" is from 1847.
cosm	order	cosmo- before a vowel cosm-, word-forming element from Latinized form of Greek kosmos (see cosmos). In older use, "the world, the universe;" since 1950s, especially of outer space. cosmography (n.) "description of the universe," mid-15c., from cosmo- + -graphy. Related: Cosmographic.
cycl	cirle	cyclo- before a vowel, cycl-, word-forming element meaning "circle, ring, rotation," from Latinized form of Greek kyklos "circle, wheel, ring" (see cycle (n.)). cyclamen (n.) 1550s, from Medieval Latin cyclamen, from Latin cyclaminos, from Greek kyklaminos, from kyklos "circle" (see cycle (n.)). So called in reference to the bulbous shape of the root.)