honeysuckle的词源

英文词源

honeysuckle (n.)

mid-13c., from Old English hunigsuge, meaning perhaps honeysuckle, clover, or privet, literally "honey-suck" (see honey (n.) + suck) + diminutive suffix -el (2). So called because "honey" can be sucked from it. In Middle English sometimes a confused rendering of Latin locusta, taken as the name of a plant.

中文词源

honeysuckle：金银花

honey,蜜，suckle,吸。即可以采蜜的花，后用来指金银花。

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