dregs的词源

英文词源

dregs (n.)

c. 1300 (implied in surname Dryngedregges), from Old Norse dregg "sediment," from Proto-Germanic *drag- (cognates: Old High German trestir, German Trester "grapeskins, husks"), from PIE *dher- (1) "to make muddy." Replaced Old English cognate dræst, dærst "dregs, lees." Figurative use is from 1530s.

中文词源

dregs：残渣

来自PIE*dher, 使泥泞，淤积，词源同dross.

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