mayonnaise的词源

英文词源

mayonnaise

mayonnaise: [19] There are several conflicting theories about the origin of the term mayonnaise, among them that it is an alteration of bayonnaise, as if the sauce originated in Bayonne, in southwestern France; that it was derived from the French verb manier ‘stir’; and that it goes back to Old French moyeu ‘egg yolk’. But the early variant spelling mahonnaise strongly suggests that it originally meant literally ‘of Mahon’, and that the sauce was so named to commemorate the taking of Port Mahon, the capital of the island of Minorca, by the duc de Richelieu in 1756.

mayonnaise (n.)

sauce made from egg yolks, oil, and vinegar, 1815, from French sauce mayonnaise (1806), said by French sources to be corrupted from mahonnaise and to have been named in recognition of Mahon, seaport capital of island of Minorca, captured by France 1756 after the defeat of the British defending fleet in the Seven Years' War; the sauce having been introduced either in commemoration of the victory, which was led by Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, duc de Richelieu (1696–1788), or because it was brought to France from there by him. But unless there is a gap in the record, the late date of appearance of the word make this seem doubtful.

中文词源

mayonnaise：蛋黄酱

来自法语sauce mayonnaise,可能来自Mahon,地中海西岸梅诺卡岛首府，-ais,法语形容词后缀，-e,表阴性。据说该酱料的配方来自该岛。

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mayonnaise（蛋黄酱）：来自以蛋黄酱闻名的地中海小岛马翁镇

在地中海西部有一个叫做“米诺卡”（Minorca）的岛，岛上有一个海港小镇叫做“马翁”（Mahon）。这个岛18世纪时原本属于英国。在英法七年战争中，法军击败了驻扎在该岛的英军，占领了米诺卡岛。在马翁镇，法军司令黎塞留公爵意外品尝到当地用蛋黄和其他调料做成的一种调味品，觉得极其美味，便将这种调味品的做法带回了法国，并很快在法国及欧洲流传开，常被西方人用来调制沙拉。因为这种酱来自Mahon，人们便将其称为mahonnaise，后缀-aise表示“产自某处”。后来，mahonnaise的拼写演变为mayonnaise并进入了英语。

mayonnaise：['meənez] n.蛋黄酱，沙拉酱，美乃滋