tessera

n. 镶嵌物；入场券；纪念品

n. (Tessera)人名；(意)泰塞拉

中文词源

tessera 小石块，小方块

来自拉丁语 tessera,骰子，立方体，石块，来自希腊语 tessera,四，来自 PIE*kwetwer,四，词源同 quarter,four,trapezium.

tessera (n.): plural tesserae, "small, square piece of stone," 1650s, from Latin tessera "a die, cube, square tablet with writing on it" used as a token or ticket, from Ionic Greek tessera, neuter of tesseres (Attic tessares) "four" (see four).