英语词源字典

英语词源字典
 
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举例
carrel
1590s, from M.L. carula "small study in a cloister," perhaps from L. corolla "little crown, garland," used in various senses of "ring" (e.g. of Stonehenge: "tis Bretons renged about te feld, te karole of te stones beheld," 1330); extended to precincts and spaces enclosed by rails, etc. Specific sense of "private cubicle in a library" is from 1919.
carriage
late 14c., "act of carrying, means of conveyance, wheeled, vehicles collectively," from Anglo-Fr. and O.N.Fr. cariage "cart, carriage," from carier "to carry" (see carry). Meaning "individual wheeled vehicle" is c.1400; specific sense of "horse-drawn, wheeled vehicle for hauling people" first attested 1706. Meaning "way of carrying one's body" is 1590s.
carrier
late 14c., agent noun from carry. Meaning "person or animal that carries and disseminates infection without suffering obvious disease" is from 1899; genetic sense is 1933. As a short form of aircraft carrier it dates from 1917. Carrier pigeon is from 1640s.
carrion
early 13c., carione, from Anglo-Fr. carogne (O.N.Fr. caroigne; O.Fr. charogne, 12c., "carrion, corpse," Mod.Fr. charogne), from V.L. *caronia "carcass" (cf. It. carogna, Sp. carro?a "carrion"), from L. caro "meat" (see carnage).
carrot
1530s, from M.Fr. carrotte, from L. carota, from Gk. karoton "carrot," from PIE *kre-, from base *ker- "horn, head," so called for its horn-like shape. Originally white-rooted and a medicinal plant to the ancients, who used it as an aphrodisiac and to prevent poisoning. Not entirely distinguished from parsnips in ancient times. Reintroduced in Europe by Arabs c.1100. The orange carrot, perhaps as early as 6c., probably began as a mutation of the Asian purple carrot and was cultivated into the modern edible plant 16c.-17c. in the Netherlands. Planted as a garden vegetable by 1609 by Jamestown colonists.

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