ラテン語のprisma, prism, prismから。ギリシャ語のprizein, to saw, to saw throughが語源で、語源的にはprionと同じ。
英語の語源
prism
prism: [16] The etymological idea underlying the word prism is of its shape, that of a ‘sawn-off’ piece. It comes via medieval Latin prisma from Greek prísma, a derivative of the verb prízein ‘saw’. Its optical application emerged in English at the beginning of the 17th century.
prism (n.)
1560s, a type of solid figure, from Late Latin prisma, from Greek prisma (Euclid), literally "something sawed," from prizein "to saw" (see prion). Meaning in optics is first attested 1610s.
例文
1. Light is refracted when passed through a prism .
光がプリズムを通過すると屈折する。
2.A spectrum is formed by a ray of light passing through a prism .
プリズムを通過する光の束がスペクトルを形成します。
3.The prelude was as iridescent as a prism in a morning room.
この序曲は、朝の部屋のプリズムのように輝いています。
4.The prism broke the light into all the colors of the rainbow.
プリズムは光を虹の様々な色に分解する。
5.Release Packaging Material and PRISM system input，regular trend analysis and report.