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cottage(n.)

14世纪末,指农民的简陋住所,来自古法语 cote "小屋,村舍" + 盎格鲁-法语后缀 -age(根据 OED,整个词可能表示“附属于小屋的整个财产”)。古法语 cot 可能来自古诺尔斯语 kot "小屋",与古英语 cot, cote "小屋,村舍"同源,源自原始日耳曼语 *kutan(源头还包括中古荷兰语 cot,荷兰语 kot)。

意思是“小乡村住宅或独立的郊区房屋”(没有贫困或租住的暗示)始见于1765年。现代法语 cottage 是19世纪从英语中重新借用的。Cottage industry,指可以在家完成的工作 ,,始见于1854年。Cottage cheese,美国一种软质白色奶酪的名称 ,,始见于1831年,最早指费城:

There was a plate of rye-bread, and a plate of wheat, and a basket of crackers; another plate with half a dozen paltry cakes that looked as if they had been bought under the old Court House; some morsels of dried beef on two little tea-cup plates: and a small glass dish of that preparation of curds, which in vulgar language is called smear-case, but whose nom de guerre is cottage-cheese, at least that was the appellation given it by our hostess. ["Miss Leslie," "Country Lodgings," Godey's Lady's Book, July 1831]
桌上有一盘黑麦面包,一盘小麦面包,还有一篮子饼干; 另有一盘六个破烂的蛋糕,看起来像是在旧法院大楼下买的; 两个小茶杯盘子上放着几块干牛肉; 还有一只小玻璃碟子里装着一种凝乳制品,俗称涂抹奶酪,但它的化名是村舍奶酪,至少这是我们女主人给它的称呼。["莱斯利小姐",《乡村住宿》,《戈迪夫夫人杂志》,1831年7月]

该词起源时间:14世纪末