gendarme的词源

英文词源

gendarme (n.): "French military police," 1796, from French (they were first organized in France 1790); earlier "mounted trooper" (1540s), from French contraction (14c.) of gens d'armes "men at arms." Gens is plural of gent "nation, people," from Latin gentem (nominative gens) "race, nation, people" (see genus). For armes see arm (n.2). Related: Gendarmerie, gendarmeryFrench also had gens de (la) robe "lawyers," which was sometimes borrowed in English.

来自法语gens d’arms, 即men at arms.

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