javelin的词源

英文词源

javelin (n.)

late 15c., from Middle French javeline (15c.), fem. diminutive of Old French javelot "a spear," probably from Gaulish (compare Old Irish gabul "fork;" Welsh gafl "fork," gaflach "feathered spear"), ultimately from PIE *ghabholo- "a fork, branch of a tree." Also found in Italian (giavelotto) and Middle High German (gabilot). Javelot also was borrowed in Middle English, but this is the form of the word that has endured.

中文词源

javelin：标枪

来自古法语javelot,矛，-in,小词后缀，来自PIE*ghabholo,叉子，树叉，词源同gable.引申词义标枪。

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