piggy的词源

英文词源

piggy (adj.)

"resembling a pig," 1841, from pig (n.) + -y (2).

piggy (n.)

"a little pig," 1799, from pig (n.) + -y (3). Related: Piggies. Piggy bank popular from 1940 (ceramic or tin pig banks are noted by 1903 in American English, sometimes as souvenirs from Mexico).

中文词源

piggy：小猪

来自pig,猪，-y,表亲昵。

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