oriole的词源

英文词源

oriole (n.)

1776, from French oriol "golden oriole," Old Provençal auriol, from Medieval Latin oryolus, from Latin aureolus "golden," from PIE *aus- (2) "gold" (see aureate). Originally in reference to the golden oriole (Oriolus galbula), a bird of black and yellow plumage that summers in Europe (but is uncommon in England). Applied from 1791 to the unrelated but similarly colored North American species Icterus baltimore.

中文词源

oriole：黄鹂

来自古法语oriol,黄鹂，来自拉丁语aureolus,金黄色的，来自PIE*aus,金色，词源同aurora,ormolu.

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