WORDS FOR DESIGN-Comparative Etymology and Terminology of Design and its Equivalents

今天，英语单词“Design”在世界各地被使用。然而，尽管“设计”已变得国际化且含义非常广泛，但曾经存在于每种文化中的“设计”的细微差别正在消失，因为本土术语被错误地重新解释为“设计”的翻译。本研究的目的是追溯“设计”及其在世界各地的同义词的谱系，并比较它们的含义和用法。通过这些比较，我们发现了显著的地理和时间上的差异，以及不同文化中可比较但不同的单词之间有趣的相似之处。

Today, the English word 'design' is used all over the world. However, while 'design' has become international and very wide in its meaning, the nuance that once existed within each culture's equivalent of 'design' are disappearing, as the indigenous terms are improperly reinterpreted as translations of 'design.' The aim of this study is to trace the genealogy of 'design' and its equivalents all over the world and to compare their meanings and usages. Through these comparisons, we found significant geographical and chronological differences and interesting parallels between comparable but different words in different cultures.