lea的词源

英文词源

lea (n.): Old English leah "open field, meadow, piece of untilled ground," earlier læch, recorded in place names, from Proto-Germanic *laukhaz (cognates: Old High German loh "cluster of bushes," and probably also Flemish -loo, which forms the second element in Waterloo), from PIE *louquo- (cognates: Sanskrit lokah "open space," Latin lucus "grove," Lithuanian laukas "open field"), perhaps from or related to *leuk- "to shine, be bright" (see light (n.)).

来自古英语leah,开阔地，草地，林中空地，来自PIE*leuk,发光，明亮，词源同light,leukemia.后指草原，草地，词义演变比较glade.

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