niche的词源

英文词源

niche

niche: see nest

niche (n.)

1610s, "shallow recess in a wall," from French niche "recess (for a dog), kennel" (14c.), perhaps from Italian nicchia "niche, nook," from nicchio "seashell," said by Klein and Barnhart to be probably from Latin mitulus "mussel," but the change of -m- to -n- is not explained. Watkins suggests that the word is from an Old French noun derived from nichier "to nestle, nest, build a nest," via Gallo-Roman *nidicare from Latin nidus "nest;" but that has difficulties, too. Figurative sense is first recorded 1725. Biological use dates from 1927.

中文词源

niche：舒适或称心的工作，商机，壁龛

来自法语niche,狗窝，可能来自拉丁语 nidus,鸟巢，窝，词源同nest.引申词义壁龛，商机，称心的工作等。

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