fingerprint的词源

英文词源

fingerprint (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
also finger-print, 1834, from finger (n.) + print (n.). Proposed as a means of identification from c. 1892. Admissibility as evidence as valid proof of guilt in murder trials in U.S. upheld in 1912. From 1900 as a verb. Related: Fingerprinted; fingerprinting.

中文词源

fingerprint:指纹,指印

来自finger(手指) + print(印痕、印迹),表示指印、指纹。

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