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calligraphy
[calligraphy 词源字典]
calligraphy:
see
kaleidoscope
[calligraphy etymology, calligraphy origin, 英语词源]
calligraphy (n.)
1610s, from Greek
kaligraphia
, from
kallos
"beauty" (see
Callisto
) +
graphein
"to write" (see
-graphy
). Related:
Calligraphic
. The usual comb. form in Greek was
kalli-
"beautiful, fine, happy, favorable;"
kalo-
was a later, rarer alternative form.