hemerology

名词 n.
/hɛməˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/    /hɛməˈɹɑləd͡ʒi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The study of calendars, especially with a view to identifying propitious days. countable,uncountable
    — Hemerology, (Greek) a Calender, or Book, wherein are regiſtred the paſſages of every day.
    book review

词形变化

hemerologies plural

词源

From Ancient Greek ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day; date”) (a variant of ἦμαρ (êmar, “day”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃- (“be hot, burn”)) + -ology (from Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā, suffix indicating the study of something, or a branch of knowledge), from λόγος (lógos, “word; explanation; subject matter”) (from λέγω (légō, “to arrange, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”)) + -ίᾱ (-íā, suffix forming a feminine abstract noun) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ (suffix forming a collective noun))).
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