gerbil的词源

英文词源

gerbil (n.)

1849, gerbile, from French gerbille, from Modern Latin Gerbillus, the genus name, from gerbo, from Arabic yarbu. Earlier English form, jarbuah (1660s), was directly from Arabic.

中文词源

gerbil：沙鼠

来自阿拉伯语。

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