rand的词源

英文词源

rand (n.)

"rocky ridge overlooking a river valley," 1839, South African English, from Afrikaans, from Dutch rand "edge, margin," cognate with Old English rand "brink, bank." As a unit of currency, adopted by the Republic of South Africa in 1961 (see Krugerrand). Johnson's dictionary has rand "Border; seam: as the rand of a woman's shoe."

中文词源

rand：边缘，边界，岭

来自古英语 rand,边缘，边界，来自 Proto-Germanic*randaz,边缘，边界，来自 PIE*rent,撕开， 砍，劈，词源同 rend,rind.

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rand：兰特

南非货币单位。来自 Witwatersrand,白水岭，来自 wit,白色的，词源同 white,waters,水域，rand, 边界，岭。为南非著名金矿产区。