mongrel的词源

英文词源

mongrel: mongrel: [15] The etymological notion underlying mongrel is of a ‘mixture’. For the word goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *mong- ‘mix’, which also produced English among and mingle [14].
=> among, mingle
mongrel (n.): late 15c., "mixed-breed dog," from obsolete mong "mixture," from Old English gemong "mingling" (base of among), from Proto-Germanic *mangjan "to knead together" (see mingle). With pejorative suffix -rel. Meaning "person not of pure race" is from 1540s. As an adjective from 1570s.

来自Proto-Germanic*mangjan,揉，捏，来自PIE*mag,揉，捏，词源同make,mingle,among.-rel,贬义后缀，缩写自-erel,小词后缀。字面意思即捏在一起的，用于指杂种狗。

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