nanny的词源
英文词源
- nanny (n.)




- "children's nurse," 1795, from widespread child's word for "female adult other than mother" (compare Greek nanna "aunt"). The word also is a nickname form of the fem. proper name Ann, which probably is the sense in nanny goat (1788, compare billy goat). Nanny-house "brothel" is slang from c. 1700. Nanny state, in reference to overintrusive government policies is attested by 1987, the term associated with British political leader Margaret Thatcher, who criticized the tendency.
- nanny (v.)




- "to be unduly protective," 1954, from nanny (n.). Related: Nannied; nannying.
中文词源
来自儿语。比较aunt.
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