melee的词源

英文词源

mêlée

mêlée: see mix

melee (n.)

1640s, from French mêlée, from Old French meslee "brawl, confused fight; mixture, blend" (12c.), noun use of fem. past participle of mesler "to mix, mingle" (see meddle). See also medley. Borrowed in Middle English as melle but lost and then reborrowed 17c.

中文词源

melee：混战，混乱，混乱的人群

来自古法语meslee,混战，混合，词源同mix,meddle,medley.引申词义混乱，混乱的人群等。

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