chrestomathy (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[chrestomathy 词源字典]
"collection of literary passages," 1774, from French chrestomathie, from Latinized form of Greek khrestomatheia "desire of learning; book containing selected passages," lit. "useful learning," from khrestos "useful" (verbal adjective of khresthai "to make use of;" see hortatory) + manthanein "to learn" (see mathematic). Related: Chrestomathic.[chrestomathy etymology, chrestomathy origin, 英语词源]