mandible的词源

英文词源

mandible (n.)

late 14c., "jaw, jawbone," from Middle French mandible and directly from Late Latin mandibula "jaw," from Latin mandere "to chew," from PIE root *mendh- "to chew" (cognates: Greek mastax "the mouth, that with which one chews; morsel, that which is chewed," masasthai "to chew," mastikhan "to gnash the teeth"). Of insect mouth parts from 1826.

中文词源

mandible：下颌骨

来自中古法语mandible,来自拉丁语mandibula,下巴，来自mandere,咀嚼，来自PIE*mendh,咀嚼，词源同mastication,mouth.引申词义下颌骨。-bula,工具格后缀。拼写比较dental,tooth.

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