2022-03-04
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – E – epitomy & epitome
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Dictionary.com:
ออกเสียง epitomy = no such word found
ออกเสียง epitome = “ih-PIT-tuh-mee”
Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary:
epitomy & epitome
Nothing makes you look quite so foolish
as spelling a sophisticated word incorrectly.
Taken directly from Latin, where it means “abridgement,”
“epitome” is now most often used to designate an extremely representative example of the general class:
“Snow White is the epitome of a Disney cartoon feature.”
Those who don’t misspell this word often mispronounce it,
misled by its spelling, as “EP-i-tohm,”
but the proper pronunciation is “ee-PIT-omee.”
The word means “essence,” not “climax,”
so instead of writing
“the market had reached the epitome of frenzied selling at noon,”
use “peak” or a similar word.
Dictionary.com:
Hard Word To Pronounce
Published November 16, 2021
epitome
In words that have been adopted into English from Greek,
it is typical to pronounce all of the vowels.
This is how we get the pronunciation epitome,
from the Greek epitomḗ.
Unlike many words in English,
the final -e here is not silent;
epitome is pronounced [ ih-PIT–uh-mee ].
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Epitome Has Greek Roots
Epitome first appeared in print in 1520,
when it was used to mean "summary."
If someone asks you to summarize a long paper,
you effectively cut it up,
mentioning only the most important ideas in your synopsis,
and the etymology of epitome reflects this process.
The word descends from Greek epitemnein, meaning "to cut short,"
which in turn was formed from the prefix epi- and the verb temnein,
which means "to cut."
Your summary probably also presents
all the key points of the original work,
which may explain why epitome eventually came to be used
for any person or object that is a clear or good example
of an abstraction.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Words at Play
You're (Probably) Saying It Wrong
word even you might be mispronouncing
Epitome = \ih-PIT-uh-mee\
The word tome comes from the Greek word tomos,
meaning “section” or “roll of papyrus,” from the verb meaning “to cut,”
from the time when papyrus scrolls were the equivalent of books
and they were cut for ease of handling and storage.
Originally,
tome in English referred to one volume from a set of books.
Epitome comes from the related Greek word epitomē,
from the word meaning “to cut short.”
Something cut short
represented a summary or a collection of
the important points of a piece of writing.
The apparently un-English pronunciation of epitome
reflects its Greek roots;
don’t let the tome connection fool you phonetically.
