myrtle的词源

英文词源

myrtle (n.)

c. 1400, from Old French mirtile, from Medieval Latin myrtillus, diminutive of Latin myrtus "myrtle tree," from Greek myrtos "the myrtle, a sprig of myrtle," from same Semitic source as Greek myrrha (see myrrh).

中文词源

myrtle：爱神木，香桃木

词源同myrrh,一种与没药同科的灌木植物。

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