mangle的词源

英文词源

mangle

mangle: see maim

mangle (v.)

"to mutilate," c. 1400, from Anglo-French mangler, frequentative of Old French mangoner "cut to pieces," of uncertain origin, perhaps connected with Old French mahaignier "to maim, mutilate, wound" (see maim). Meaning "to mispronounce (words), garble" is from 1530s. Related: Mangled; mangling.

mangle (n.)

clothes-pressing machine, 1774, from Dutch mangel, apparently short for mangelstok, from stem of mangelen to mangle, from Middle Dutch mange, ultimately from root of mangonel.

中文词源

mangle：压碎，撕烂

可能来自古法语mahaignier,伤害，使受伤，使残疾，来自PIE*mai,砍，切，词源同maim,mayhem.进一步来自PIE*smi,砍，切，词源同smith.或来自拉丁语mancus,伤害，伤残，来自PIE*man-ko,使手伤残，来自*man,手，词源同manual,*ko,磨，削，使锋利，词源同cone,hone.

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