dowager的词源

英文词源

dowager (n.)

1520s, from Middle French douagere "widow with a dower" literally "pertaining to a dower," from douage "dower," from douer "endow," from Latin dotare, from dos (genitive dotis) "dowry" (see dowry).

中文词源

dowager：孀居贵妇

来自古法语douagere, 来自词根don, 给予，词源同data, donate. 用来指孀居贵妇。

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