ethnology(n.)
"人类种族的特征、历史和习俗的科学",1832年,源自 ethno- + -logy,可能是以法语或德语为模板。相关词汇: Ethnologist; ethnological。
Ethnology is a very modern science, even later than Geology, and as yet hardly known in America, although much cultivated latterly in Germany and France, being considered an indispensable auxiliary to history and geography. ["Atlantic Journal and Friend of Knowledge," Philadelphia, summer 1832]
民族学是一门非常现代的科学,甚至比地质学还要晚,尽管最近在德国和法国得到了广泛的发展,但在美国几乎不为人知,被认为是历史和地理学不可或缺的辅助学科。["大西洋杂志和知识之友",费城,1832年夏季]
该词起源时间:1832年