- hyphen (n.)
[hyphen 词源字典]
- 1620s, from Late Latin hyphen, from Greek hyphen "mark joining two syllables or words," probably indicating how they were to be sung, noun use of an adverb meaning "together, in one," literally "under one," from hypo "under" (see sub-) + hen, neuter of heis "one."[hyphen etymology, hyphen origin, 英语词源]