medlar的词源

英文词源

medlar (n.)

"small fruit-bearing tree," mid-14c. (in reference to the fruit itself), from Old French medler, variant of mesple, from Latin mespila "fruit of the medlar," from Greek mespilion, a foreign word of unknown origin. The Old English name was openærs, literally "open-arse."

中文词源

medlar：欧楂果

来自古法语medler,欧楂果。

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