forceps的词源

英文词源

forceps (n.)

1560s, from Latin forceps "pair of tongs, pincers," apparently literally "something with which to grasp hot things," a compound of formus "hot" (see warm (adj.)) + root of capere "to hold, take" (see capable). Originally a smith's implement. The classical plural is forcipes. Related: Forcipal.

中文词源

forceps：镊子

来自拉丁语forceps, 镊子，钳子。来自formus, 热的，词源同warm. -cep, 拿，握，词源同capable, accept. 原指铁匠的钳子，后用于医学名词镊子。

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