pn- 的词源

在一些源自希腊语的英语单词中，p-这个辅音音素通常在英语中是静音的，但在法语、德语、西班牙语等语言中则会发音。

It is to be desired that it were sounded in English, also, at least in scientific and learned words; since the reduction of pneo- to neo-, pneu- to new-, and pnyx to nix, is a loss to etymology and intelligibility, and a weakening of the resources of the language. [OED]

希望在英语中也能发音，至少在科学和学术词汇中应该如此；因为将 pneo- 简化为 neo-、将 pneu- 简化为 new-、以及将 pnyx 简化为 nix，这不仅损害了词源学和可理解性，也削弱了语言的表达能力。[OED]