olive的词源

英文词源

olive

olive: [13] The word olive probably originated in a pre-Indo-European language of the Mediterranean area. Greek took it over as elaíā, and passed it on to English via Latin olīva and Old French olive. The olive’s chief economic role is as a source of oil (indeed the very word oil comes from a Greek derivative of elaíā), and before the word olive arrived in English, it was called eleberge, literally ‘oil-berry’.
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olive (n.)

c. 1200, "olive tree," from Old French olive "olive, olive tree" (13c.) or directly from Latin oliva "olive, olive tree," from Greek elaia "olive tree, olive," probably from the same Aegean language (perhaps Cretan) as Armenian ewi "oil." Applied to the fruit or berry of the tree in English from late 14c. As a color from 17c. Olive branch as a token of peace is from early 13c.

中文词源

olive：橄榄

来源于希腊语elaia(橄榄),经由拉丁语oliva,古法语olive进入英语为olive。

同源词：oil

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olive：橄榄油

来自拉丁语oliva,橄榄，橄榄树，来自希腊语elaia,橄榄，橄榄树，词源同oil,oleaginous.

olive（橄榄）：用来生产油的植物

在古希腊时期，橄榄油是最常见的油，由橄榄树所结果实压榨而来。因此，英语中表示 “橄榄”的单词olive和表示“油”的单词oil其实都源自古希腊人对橄榄的称呼，所以在拼写上明显相关。