megalithic
形容词 adj.
英 /ˌmɛɡəˈlɪθɪk/
美 /ˌmɛɡəˈlɪθɪk/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
- Of or pertaining to megaliths, to the people who made them, or to the period when they were made.
词源
PIE word
*méǵh₂s
From mega- (prefix meaning ‘very large, great’) + -lith (suffix meaning ‘stone’) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, forming adjectives from nouns), probably modelled after monolithic; according to the Oxford English Dictionary the word is first attested earlier than megalith. It is analysable as megalith + -ic.
*méǵh₂s
From mega- (prefix meaning ‘very large, great’) + -lith (suffix meaning ‘stone’) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, forming adjectives from nouns), probably modelled after monolithic; according to the Oxford English Dictionary the word is first attested earlier than megalith. It is analysable as megalith + -ic.
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