dive的词源

英文词源

pe: pe: [OE] Old English dyfan ‘pe’ came from a prehistoric Germanic *dūbjan. This was a derivative of the base *d(e)ub-, a variant of which, *d(e)up-, was the source of English deep and dip. The colloquial use of the noun for a disreputable bar, nightclub, etc, which comes from 1880s America, is probably a reference to someone ‘ping’ out of sight into such an establishment, which was often in a basement.
=> deep, dip
pe (v.): mid-13c., from Old English dufan "to pe, duck, sink" (intransitive, class II strong verb; past tense deaf, past participle dofen) and dyfan "to dip, submerge" (weak, transitive), from Proto-Germanic verb *dubijan, from PIE *dheub- "deep, hollow" (see deep (adj.)). Past tense dove is a later formation, perhaps on analogy of drive/drove. Related: Diving. Dive bomber attested by 1939.
pe (n.): c. 1700, from pe (v.). Sense of "disreputable bar" is first recorded American English 1871, perhaps because they were usually in basements, and going into one was both a literal and figurative "ping."

词源同dip, 浸。用来指跳水。

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deep（深处）和dip（浸，蘸）来自日耳曼语根*d(e)up-（深的），pe来自语根*d(e)ub-，是前者的变体。三者在词义和读音上都有紧密联系。“浸水”和“潜水”都是进入水的“深处”，而pe的发音更重，所以进得更深。注意v、p音变关系，如seven（七）和词根sept（七）。