John的词源
英文词源
- John
- masc. proper name, mid-12c., from Medieval Latin Johannes, from Late Latin Joannes, from Greek Ioannes, from Hebrew Yohanan (longer form y'hohanan) literally "Jehovah has favored," from hanan "he was gracious."
As the name of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, it was one of the most common Christian given names, and in England by early 14c. it rivaled William in popularity. The Old French form was Jean, but in England its variants Johan, Jehan yielded Jan, Jen (also compare surname Jensen). Welsh form was Ieuan (see Evan), but Ioan was adopted for the Welsh Authorized Version of the Bible, hence frequency of Jones as a Welsh surname. - john (n.)
- "toilet," 1932, probably from jakes, used for "toilet" since 15c. Meaning "prostitute's customer" is from 1911, probably from the common, and thus anonymous, name by which they identified themselves. Meaning "policeman" is 1858, from shortening of johndarm, jocular anglicization of gendarme.
中文词源
常见人名，来自希伯来语Yohanan,来自yoh,上帝，缩写自Yahweh,hanan,亲切的，仁慈的，字面意思即上帝是仁慈的。
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john：厕所，茅房，嫖客
来自人名John,俚语用于指警察，嫖客，神父，祭司等各种职业，现主要用于指厕所，茅房。比较jack,jock,jenny.
