- diaspora
[diaspora 词源字典]
- diaspora: see sporadic
[diaspora etymology, diaspora origin, 英语词源] - diaspora (n.)
- 1876, from Greek diaspora "dispersion," from diaspeirein "to scatter about, disperse," from dia- "about, across" (see dia-) + speirein "to scatter" (see sprout). The Greek word was used in Septuagint in Deut. xxviii:25. A Hebrew word for it is galuth "exile." Related: Diasporic.