pastern的词源

英文词源

pastern (n.)

late 13c., "shackle fixed on the foot of a horse or other beast," from Old French pasturon (Modern French paturon), diminutive of pasture "shackle for a horse in pasture," from Vulgar Latin *pastoria, noun use of fem. of Latin pastorius "of herdsmen," from pastor "shepherd" (see pastor). Metathesis of -r- and following vowel occurred 1500s. Sense extended (1520s) to part of the leg to which the tether was attached.

中文词源

pastern：骹关节

来自古法语pasture,放牧，马链，词源同pasture,pastor.后用于指系马链的马的骹关节。

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