Ked
凯迪帆布鞋的专有名词,1917年由纽约美国橡胶公司注册。基于拉丁语 ped-, pes 的词干“脚”(参见 foot(n.))
"We wanted to call it Peds, but ... it came too close to ... other brand names. So we batted it around for awhile and decided on the hardest-sounding letter in the alphabet, K, and called it Keds, that was in 1916." [J.Healey, in R.L. Cohen, "Footwear Industry," x.93]
“我们想把它叫做 Peds,但是...它太接近...其他品牌名称了。所以我们讨论了一会儿,决定选择字母表中最难发音的字母 K,并称其为 Keds,那是在1916年。”[J.Healey,引自 R.L. Cohen,“鞋类工业”,x.93]
该词起源时间:1917年