fuller的词源

英文词源

fuller

fuller: see foil

fuller (n.)

"one who fulls cloth," Old English fullere "fuller" (Mark ix:3), from Latin fullo "fuller" (see foil (v.)). The native word is walker. Fuller's earth (silicate of alumina) is recorded by 1520s; so called because it was used in cleansing cloth.

中文词源

fuller：漂洗工

来自拉丁语fullo, 踩，漂洗，浣纱，词源同defile, foil.

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：fuller 词源，fuller 含义。

fuller：’s earth 漂白土

一种原先用于漂洗衣服的土。