gavotte的词源

英文词源

gavotte (n.)

lively dance, 1690s, from French gavotte (17c.), from Old Provençal gavoto "mountaineer's dance," from gavot, a local name for an Alpine resident, said to mean literally "boor, glutton," from gaver "to stuff, force-feed poultry," from Old Provençal gava "crop." From the same source is French gavache "coward, dastard." The Italianized form is gavotta.

中文词源

gavotte：加沃特舞（旧时流行于法国）

来自法语Gavot, 民族名，当地民族舞蹈。

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