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tassel的词源解释,tassel来源

tassel(n.)

约于1300年,指“披风扣”的词源来自古法语 tassel “流苏,饰边,褶边; 一种扣子,扣环”(12世纪,现代法语 tasseau),源自通俗拉丁语 *tassellus,据说源自拉丁语 taxillus “小骰子或立方体”,是 talus “指骨(用于赌博中的骰子),踝关节”的一种小型词语(参见 talus(n.1))。但《牛津英语词典》认为这种说法值得怀疑,并指出变体形式 tossel 并建议与 toss(v.)相关联。指“悬挂的小绳索串”意义的记录最早见于14世纪晚期。

该词起源时间:约1300年

tassel(v.)

"furnish with a tassel," late 14c., implied in the past-participle adjective tasseled, and for many hundred years found only in the past participle. From tassel (n.). Tasseler as a surname is attested from c. 1300. To tassel as a verb is used by 1757 in American English in reference to corn, "form tassels."

该词起源时间:14世纪末