peat的词源

英文词源

peat

peat: see piece

peat (n.)

c. 1200, in Scottish Latin, of unknown origin, probably from a Celtic root *pett- (cognates: Cornish peyth, Welsh peth "quantity, part, thing," Old Irish pet, Breton pez "piece"). The earliest sense is not of the turf but of the cut piece of it, and the Celtic root may be connected to that of piece.

中文词源

peat：泥煤，泥炭

词源不详。可能来自凯尔特语*pett,小块，小量，词源同piece,patch.后引申词义小块泥土，泥煤，泥炭等。

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