pug的词源

英文词源

pug (n.)

1560s, general term of endearment (also puggy), probably related to puck (n.2); one of the earliest senses is "sprite, imp" (1610s). The sense of "miniature dog" is from 1749 (pug-dog); that of "monkey" is 1660s. The word at various times meant "a bargeman" (1590s), "a harlot" (c. 1600), and "an upper servant in a great house" (1847).

中文词源

pug：哈巴狗

可能来自puck,淘气小妖。常见亲昵语，在古义用于指小精灵，小妖怪，小猴，妓女等多种词义，后固定用于指小哈巴狗。

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