pioneer的词源

英文词源

pioneer

pioneer: [16] Pioneer was borrowed from French pionnier, a descendant of Old French paonier. This originally denoted a ‘foot soldier sent on ahead to clear the way’, and was a derivative of paon ‘foot soldier’ (whose Anglo-Norman version poun gave English pawn).
=> foot, pawn, pedal

pioneer (n.)

1520s, "foot soldier who prepares the way for the army," from Middle French pionnier "foot-soldier, pioneer," from Old French paonier "foot-soldier" (11c.), from peon (see pawn (n.2)). Figurative sense of "person who goes first or does something first" is from c. 1600. Related: Pioneers.

pioneer (v.)

1780, from pioneer (n.). Related: Pioneered; pioneering.

中文词源

pioneer：先驱，先锋

来自法语pionnier,步兵，先头部队，来自古法语peon,步兵，卒，来自PIE*ped,脚，词源同foot,pawn,pilot.拼写比较pen,petal.

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：pioneer 词源，pioneer 含义。

pioneer（先锋）：为大部队铺路的先行步兵

英语单词pioneer来自法语paonier，字面意思是“步兵”，指的是走在大部队前面，负责为大部队铺路的步兵。因为他们走在大部队前面，所以衍生出“先锋、先驱”之意。

pioneer：[paɪə'nɪə] n.先锋，先驱vt.开辟，倡导vi.做先锋