gauche的词源

英文词源

gauche (adj.)

"awkward, tactless," 1751 (Chesterfield), from French gauche "left" (15c., replacing senestre in that sense), originally "awkward, awry," from gauchir "turn aside, swerve," from Proto-Germanic *wankjan (cognates: Old High German wankon, Old Norse vakka "to stagger, totter"), from PIE *weng- "to bend, curve" (see wink (v.)).

中文词源

gauche：笨拙的

来自PIE*weng, 弯，转，词源同winch, wind. 引申义偏离，笨拙。

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