lavender的词源

英文词源

lavender (n.): "fragrant plant of the mint family," c. 1300, from Anglo-French lavendre, Old French lavendre, from Medieval Latin lavendula "lavender" (10c.), perhaps from Latin lividus "bluish, livid." Associated with French lavande, Italian lavanda "a washing" (from Latin lavare "to wash;" see lave) because it was used to scent washed fabrics and as a bath perfume. (An identical Middle English word meant "laundress, washerwoman;" also, apparently, "prostitute, whore; camp follower" and is attested as a surname from early 13c.). The adjective meaning "pale purple color" is from 1840.

可能来自拉丁语lividus,蓝色，青紫色，词源同livid.或来自PIE*leu,冲洗，涌出，词源同lavatory,dilute,antediluvian.因这种花草用于洗手间的清香剂而得名。

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