英文词源
- saga
- saga: see saw
- saga (n.)
- 1709, an antiquarians' revival to describe the medieval prose narratives of Iceland and Norway, from Old Norse saga "saga, story," cognate with Old English sagu "a saying" (see saw (n.2)). Properly, a narrative composition of Iceland or Norway in the Middle Ages, or one that has their characteristics. Meaning "long, convoluted story" is from 1857.
中文词源
来自古诺斯语 saga,史诗，故事，特指北欧的古英雄故事，来自 Proto-Germanic*sago,说，讲 述，来自 PIE*sekw,说，讲述，词源同 say,saw.
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