anthropo-
pref.（前缀）
语源
pref.（前缀）
- Human being:
人，人类：
anthropometry.
人体测量学
语源
- Greek
希腊语 - from anthrōpos [human being]
源自 anthrōpos [人]
anthropo-
combining form
indicating man or human
⇒
anthropology
⇒
anthropomorphism
Origin
from Greek anthrōposanthropo-
Word Origin
1
a learned borrowing from Greek meaning “human,” used in the formation of compound words:
anthropometry.
Origin
< Greek, combining form of ánthrōpos human being, man
Related Words
- anthropocentric
- anthropogenesis
- anthropogenic
- anthropogeography
- anthropography
- anthropolatry
anthropo-a word element meaning 'human being', as in anthropocentric.
Also, anthrop-. [Greek, combining form of anthrōpos]
anthropo-
combining form
⇨ see anthrop-
combining form
⇨ see anthrop-
anthropo-
combining form
- human; of a human being表示“人”, “人类”：
-
anthropometry.
- ■ relating to humankind表示“与人类有关的”：
-
anthropology.
词源
from Greek anthrōpos 'human being'.
anthropo-
before a vowel, anthrop-, word-forming element meaning "pertaining to man or human beings," from comb. form of Greek anthropos "man, human being" (sometimes also including women) from Attic andra (genitive andros), from Greek aner "man" (as opposed to a woman, a god, or a boy), from PIE *ner- (2) "man," also "vigorous, vital, strong" (cognates: Sanskrit nar-, Armenian ayr, Welsh ner).Anthropos sometimes is explained as a compound of aner and ops (genitive opos) "eye, face;" so literally "he who has the face of a man." The change of -d- to -th- is difficult to explain; perhaps it is from some lost dialectal variant, or the mistaken belief that there was an aspiration sign over the vowel in the second element (as though *-dhropo-), which mistake might have come about by influence of common verbs such as horao "to see."
anthropo-
combining form. man; human being; human: Anthropology = the science of man. Also, anthrop- before vowels.
[< Greek ánthrōpos man]
anthropo-
combining form
see anthrop-
see anthrop-
anthropo-
Prefix
- Forming words related to men or people.
Etymology
Combining form of Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, human”).
Usage notes
In English found primarily in complete loanwords from Greek, Latin, since the second half of the 16th century (anthropography, anthropophagi).
Not generally productive in English, but some words are based on medieval or early modern Latin coinages, e.g. anthroposophy, from Renaissance-era Latin anthroposophia, and some more recent coinages, such as anthropometry (1839, from French).
Derived terms
English words prefixed with anthropo-