supercilious(adj.)
十六世纪20年代,指"傲慢自大,轻蔑慢慢的",源自拉丁语单词 superciliosus "傲慢的,傲慢自大的",源自单词 supercilium "傲慢的态度,自豪",字面意思是"眉毛" (通过抬眉毛以表达傲慢的意思而来),源自单词 super "在上面"(参见 super-)以及类似于单词 cilium "眼皮"的第二成分,与单词 celare "遮盖,隐藏"有关,源自 PIE 词根 *kel- (1) "掩盖,隐藏,保存"。相关: Superciliously; superciliousness。
Since cilium is more recent than supercilium, the former can be interpreted as a back-formation to the latter .... If indeed derived from the root *kel- 'to hide', we must still assume that a noun *kilium 'eyelid' existed, since the eyelid can 'hide' the eye, whereas the eyebrow does not have such a function. Thus, supercilium may originally have meant 'what is above the cilium'. [Michiel de Vaan, "Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages," Leiden, 2008]
由于 cilium 比 supercilium 更加晚出现,可以将前者解释为后者的反形派生.....,如果实际确实来源于词根 *kel- '隐藏',我们仍然必须假设一种名词 *kilium '眼皮' 的存在,因为眼皮可以“隐藏”眼睛,而眉毛没有此功能。因此, supercilium 可能最初是指'眼睛上方的东西'。(Michiel de Vaan,《拉丁语和其他意大利语的词源词典》,莱顿,2008年)
该词起源时间:1520年代