最近,看到一本科普读物,说“电”字是外来语,是由希腊文演变过来的。真是这样吗?那本书指的是公元前五世纪希腊哲学家台利斯,发现摩擦过的琥珀能吸引灰尘等细微物质之事。当时,他仅把这种现象解释为琥珀里有一种所谓特别的“精灵”。而中国早在商代的甲骨文中就出现了 Recently, I saw a popular science book saying that the word “电” is a foreign word evolved from the Greek language. Is that true? The book refers to the Greek philosopher Thalis of the 5th century BC, who discovered that rubbed amber was able to attract fine things such as dust. At the time, he only interpreted this phenomenon as a so-called special “genie” in amber. As early as the Shang Dynasty in China, Oracle appeared