housework的词源

英文词源

cotquean (n.)

1540s, obsolete, "housewife of a cot," from cot (see cottage) + quean; hence "a vulgar beldam, scold" [OED]; also used contemptuously (by Shakespeare, etc.) of men seen as overly interested in housework.

中文词源

housework：家务

词根词缀： house房子 + work工作

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