namesake的词源

英文词源

namesake

namesake: see sake

namesake (n.)

"person named for the sake of someone," 1640s, probably originally (for the) name's sake.

中文词源

namesake：同名的人

来自短语for the name’s sake,看在名字的缘由上，后引申词义同名的人。

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