pith的词源

英文词源

pith (n.)

Old English piþa "pith of plants," also "essential part," from West Germanic *pithan- (cognates: Middle Dutch pitte, Dutch pit, East Frisian pit), a Low German root of uncertain origin. Figurative sense was in Old English. Pith helmet (1889, earlier pith hat, 1884) so called because it is made from the dried pith of the Bengal spongewood.

pith (v.)

"to kill by piercing the spinal cord," 1805, from pith (n.). Related: Pithed; pithing.

中文词源

pith：中果皮，木髓，核心，精髓

来自古英语pitha,树心，木髓，来自West-Germanic*pithan,核，词源同pit.引申词义核心，精髓。

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