palmetto的词源

英文词源

palmetto (n.)

1580s, from Spanish palmito "dwarf fan palm tree," diminutive of palma "palm tree," from Latin palma (see palm (n.2)). The suffix was subsequently Italianized. The Palmetto Flag was an emblem of South Carolina after secession (1860); the state was called Palmetto State from at least 1837.

中文词源

palmetto：矮棕榈树

来自palm,棕榈，-etto,西班牙语小词后缀，对应-ette.

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