- Asiatic (adj.)
[Asiatic 词源字典]
- 1630s, from Latin Asiaticus (surname of Latin Corn. Scipio), from Greek Asiatikos, from Asia (see Asia; also compare Asian). As a noun, by 1763. In ancient Rome, Asiatici oratores was florid and overly ornate prose.[Asiatic etymology, Asiatic origin, 英语词源]