英文词源
- semaphore (n.)
- "apparatus for signaling," 1816, probably via French sémaphore, literally "a bearer of signals," ultimately from Greek sema "sign, signal" (see semantic) + phoros "bearer," from pherein "to carry" (see infer). Related: Semaphoric (1808).
中文词源
sema-,记号，符号，-phor,承载，携带，词源同 bear,infer,phosphor.引申词义信号，旗语。
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