proem

英 ['prəʊɪm] 美 ['prəm]
  • n. 开端;序文;绪言

英文词源


proem (n.)
late 14c., proheme "brief introduction, prelude," from Old French proheme (14c., Modern French proème), from Latin prooemium, from Greek prooimion "prelude" to anything, especially music and poetry, from pro- "before" (see pro-) + oimos "way" or oime "song."

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