tinnitus 的词源

“钟声或钟声的响起，”1823年，来自拉丁语 tintinnabulum “钟”，源自 tintinnare “鸣响，叮当声”（tinnire “鸣响”的重叠形式，最终模仿音）+ 工具后缀 -bulum。

拉丁词从14世纪晚期起在英语中使用。英语中较早的形式为形容词 tintinnabulary (1715)；tintinnabular (1726, 俏皮)；tintinnabulous (1791)；tintinnabulant (1812, 来自法语)；tintinnabulatory (1827)；以及名词 tintinnabulum “小钟” (14世纪晚期)。

AMAZING FEAT.

TINTINNABULOUS INTREPIDITY, OR SCENES OF BELL-RINGING

[From the Telegraph]

LAST week the society of Treasury Youths rang a peal of 6469 majors, bob-majors, and triple-bobs, consisting of the following changes: (etc.) ["Spirit of the Public Journals," 1802]