elderberry的词源

英文词源

elder (n.2)

type of berry tree, c. 1400, with excrescent -d- from earlier ellen, from Old English ellæn, ellærn "elderberry tree," origin unknown, perhaps related to alder, which at any rate might be the source of the -d-. Common Germanic, cognates: Old Saxon elora, Middle Low German elre, Old High German elira, German Eller, Erle. Related: Elderberry.

中文词源

elderberry：接骨木果

elder, 接骨木，词源同alder. berry, 浆果。

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