Rosetta stonen.

Brit.

/rə(ʊ)ˈzɛtə stəʊn/,

/rə(ʊ)ˌzɛtə ˈstəʊn/, U.S.

/roʊˈzɛdə ˌstoʊn/,

/roʊˌzɛdə ˈstoʊn/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Rosetta , stone n.

Etymology: < Rosetta, westernized form of the name of the Egyptian city of Rashid (near which the stone was found) on the western mouth of the Nile + stone n.The Rosetta stone, found in 1799 and now in the British Museum, bears an inscription dating from the 2nd cent. b.c. in three scripts: hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek. The deciphering of the hieroglyphs by Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832), French classical scholar, Egyptologist, and philologist, in 1822 led to the interpretation of many other early records of Egyptian civilization.

Something that resembles the Rosetta stone, esp. in acting as a key to some previously undecipherable mystery or unattainable knowledge.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [noun] > making intelligible > source of

Rosetta stone1844

1844 B. Mayer Mexico xxv. 259 Even if a Rosetta stone were discovered in Mexico, there is no Indian tongue to supply the key or interpreter.

1855 Germany during Insurrections of 1848 xxiii. 221 I can but live in hope a Rosetta stone will turn up some day, to settle decisively whether we Celts are indeed first cousins, one degree removed, from so very ingenious a race [sc. the Greeks].

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 721/2 Although not the Rosetta stone which enabled him to decipher the minute structure of glucose and its congeners, this compound made possible for the first time the separation and identification of such compounds.

1933 H. G. Wells Shape of Things to Come 24 About a third of the shorthand stuff was already represented by longhand or typescript copy in the folders. That was my Rosetta Stone.

1969 R. Lowell Notebk. 1967–8 102 The typescript looked like a Rosetta Stone.

1979 Sci. Amer. Mar. 72/1 The spectrum of the hydrogen atoms has proved to be the Rosetta stone of modern physics: once this pattern of lines had been deciphered much else could also be understood.

2003 Independent 23 June 7/1 Professor Urton believes he is close to finding the ‘Rosetta stone’ of South America.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rosetta stone
释义	Rosetta stonen. Brit. /rə(ʊ)ˈzɛtə stəʊn/, /rə(ʊ)ˌzɛtə ˈstəʊn/, U.S. /roʊˈzɛdə ˌstoʊn/, /roʊˌzɛdə ˈstoʊn/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Rosetta , stone n. Etymology: < Rosetta, westernized form of the name of the Egyptian city of Rashid (near which the stone was found) on the western mouth of the Nile + stone n.The Rosetta stone, found in 1799 and now in the British Museum, bears an inscription dating from the 2nd cent. b.c. in three scripts: hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek. The deciphering of the hieroglyphs by Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832), French classical scholar, Egyptologist, and philologist, in 1822 led to the interpretation of many other early records of Egyptian civilization. Something that resembles the Rosetta stone, esp. in acting as a key to some previously undecipherable mystery or unattainable knowledge. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [noun] > making intelligible > source of Rosetta stone1844 1844 B. Mayer Mexico xxv. 259 Even if a Rosetta stone were discovered in Mexico, there is no Indian tongue to supply the key or interpreter. 1855 Germany during Insurrections of 1848 xxiii. 221 I can but live in hope a Rosetta stone will turn up some day, to settle decisively whether we Celts are indeed first cousins, one degree removed, from so very ingenious a race [sc. the Greeks]. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 721/2 Although not the Rosetta stone which enabled him to decipher the minute structure of glucose and its congeners, this compound made possible for the first time the separation and identification of such compounds. 1933 H. G. Wells Shape of Things to Come 24 About a third of the shorthand stuff was already represented by longhand or typescript copy in the folders. That was my Rosetta Stone. 1969 R. Lowell Notebk. 1967–8 102 The typescript looked like a Rosetta Stone. 1979 Sci. Amer. Mar. 72/1 The spectrum of the hydrogen atoms has proved to be the Rosetta stone of modern physics: once this pattern of lines had been deciphered much else could also be understood. 2003 Independent 23 June 7/1 Professor Urton believes he is close to finding the ‘Rosetta stone’ of South America. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844
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