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- peristyle (n.)



[peristyle 词源字典] - 1610s, from French péristyle "row of columns surrounding a building" (mid-16c.), from Latin peristylum, from Greek peristylon "colonnade around a temple or court," noun use of neuter of peristylos "surrounded with a colonnade," from peri- "around" (see peri-) + stylos "pillar," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm" (see stet).[peristyle etymology, peristyle origin, 英语词源]