filly的词源

英文词源

filly

filly: see foal

filly (n.)

c. 1400, filli, fyly, "a young mare, female colt or foal," possibly from Old Norse fylja, fem. of foli "foal" (see foal (n.)). Slang sense of "lively young girl" is from 1610s.

中文词源

filly：小牝马

来自foal的阴性形式，马驹。

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