duchess的词源

英文词源

duchess

duchess: see duke

duchess (n.)

c. 1300, from Old French duchesse, from Late Latin or Medieval Latin ducissa, fem. of dux (see duke (n.)). Often spelled dutchess until early 19c. (as in Dutchess County, New York, U.S.).

中文词源

duchess：女公爵

来自duke,公爵。-ess, 表女性。

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