moth的词源
英文词源
- moth (n.)




- Old English moððe (Northumbrian mohðe), common Germanic (Old Norse motti, Middle Dutch motte, Dutch mot, German Motte "moth"), perhaps related to Old English maða "maggot," or from the root of midge (q.v.). Until 16c. used mostly of the larva and usually in reference to devouring clothes (see Matt. vi:20).
中文词源
来自古英语mothe,蛾子,来自PIE*mu,蚊子,小昆虫,拟声词,模仿蚊子嗡嗡的声音,词源同moth,midge.
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