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potamology(n.)

"河流研究",1829年出现在由乔治·斯莫尔菲尔德编纂和印刷的《POTAMOLOGY:世界上主要河流的表格描述-它们的起源、流程、城市、支流、长度和流入海洋、海或湖泊》,由 potamo- + -logy 组成。相关词汇: Potamological

POTAMOLOGY—what is that? Why the science of Rivers, to be sure ; and a very good science it is ; and a very good word it is, to designate that science, coined out of sterling Greek, its two etymons flowing harmoniously together into a continued stream of sound, and well deserving to become a current expression. [The Monthly Repository and Review, January, 1829]
POTAMOLOGY-那是什么?当然是河流科学; 这是一个非常好的科学,也是一个非常好的词,用于指代这个科学,由纯正的希腊语构成,它的两个词源和谐地流淌在一起,形成了一个连续的声音流,值得成为一个流行的表达。[《月度知识库和评论》,1829年1月]

该词起源时间:1829年