Petrarchan 的词源

“与彼特拉克的诗歌相关的，或具有彼特拉克诗歌特征的”，这个词最早出现在1827年（济慈在1818年使用了Petrarchal）。它来源于意大利诗人弗朗西斯科·彼特拉克（Francesco Petrarch，意大利语为Petrarca），他生活在1304年至1374年间。

"Petrarchian," not "Petrarchan," as some have it. To begin with, Milton, who is something of an authority, writes "Petrarchian." In the second place, if people want to write English, "Petrarch" is the poet's name, and "Petrarchian" is, according to all analogy, its adjective, In the third, if they want to write Italian, his name is "Petrar ca," without any h, and its adjective is "Petrarcan." [George Saintsbury, "History of English Prosody," 1906] 

有人认为应该用“Petrarchan”，而不是“Petrarchian”。首先，米尔顿这个权威人物就写作“Petrarchian”。其次，如果人们想用英语表达，彼特拉克是诗人的名字，而“Petrarchian”则是按照所有类比得出的形容词。最后，如果他们想用意大利语，那么他的名字是“Petrarca”，没有任何h，相应的形容词是“Petrarcan”。[乔治·圣博里，《英语韵律史》，1906年]