macaque的词源

英文词源

macaque (n.)

East Indian monkey, 1757, from French macaque, from Portuguese macaco "monkey," a Bantu word brought from Africa to Brazil (where it was applied 17c. to a type of monkey there). Introduced as a genus name 1840.

中文词源

macaque：猕猴

来自法语macaque,来自葡萄牙语macaco,猴子。最终来自非洲某土著语言。

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