oval的词源

英文词源

oval (adj.)

1570s, from Modern Latin ovalis "egg-shaped" (source of French oval, 1540s), literally "of or pertaining to an egg," from Latin ovum "egg" (see ovary). The classical Latin word was ovatus.

oval (n.)

1560s, from Middle French ovalle "oval figure," from Medieval Latin ovalis (see oval (adj.)).

中文词源

oval：卵形的

来自拉丁语ovum,卵，蛋，来自PIE*oyyo,卵，蛋，词源同egg.

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