hellebore的词源

英文词源

hellebore (n.)

late 14c., from Old French ellebore, from Latin elleborus, from Greek helleboros, perhaps meaning "plant eaten by fawns," from Greek ellos/hellos "fawn" + bora "food of beasts," from bibroskein "to eat," from PIE root *gwere- (4) "to swallow" (see voracity). Among the ancients, the name given to various plants of both poisonous and medicinal qualities, reputed to cure madness.

中文词源

hellebore：鹿食草

来自希腊语helleboros,幼鹿吃的草，来自hellos,幼鹿，bora,草料，词源同voracity,devour.

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