Matilda的词源
英文词源
- Matilda
- fem. proper name, from French Mathilde, of Germanic origin, literally "mighty in battle;" compare Old High German Mahthilda, from mahti "might, power" + hildi "battle," from Proto-Germanic *hildiz "battle," from PIE *kel- (1) "to strike, cut." The name also was late 19c. Australian slang for "a traveler's bundle or swag," hence the expression waltzing Matilda "to travel on foot" (by 1889).
In my electorate nearly every man you meet who is not "waltzing Matilda" rides a bicycle. ["Parliamentary Debates," Australia, 1907]
The lyrics of the song of that name, sometimes called the unofficial Australian national anthem, are said to date to 1893.
中文词源
常见人名，来自法语Mathilde,战场勇士，来自mahti,力量，威力，词源同might,hilde,战争，战场，来自PIE*kel,砍，切，词源同cleave,gladiator.后用于俚语义指行囊，背囊。
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