gaunt的词源

英文词源

gaunt (adj.)

"lean and haggard," from or as if from hunger, mid-15c. (as a surname from mid-13c.), from Middle French gant, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse gand "a thin stick," also "a tall thin man") and somehow connected with the root of gander. Connection also has been suggested to Old French jaunet "yellowish" [Middle English Dictionary].

中文词源

gaunt：瘦削憔悴的

词源不详。可能来自gander, 公鹅，用来形容瘦高个的人。

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