hiccup的词源

英文词源

hiccup (n.)

1570s, hickop, earlier hicket, hyckock, "a word meant to imitate the sound produced by the convulsion of the diaphragm" [Abram Smythe Farmer, "Folk-Etymology," London, 1882]. Compare French hoquet, Danish hikke, etc. Modern spelling first recorded 1788; An Old English word for it was ælfsogoða, so called because hiccups were thought to be caused by elves.

hiccup (v.)

1580s; see hiccup (n.).

中文词源

hiccup：打嗝

拟声词，模仿打嗝的声音。

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