roger的词源
英文词源
- Roger
- masc. proper name, from Old French Rogier, from Old High German Hrotger, literally "famous with the spear," from hruod- "fame, glory" + ger "spear" (see gar (n.)). As a generic name for "a person," attested from 1630s. Slang meaning "penis" was popular c. 1650-c. 1870; hence the slang verb sense of "to copulate with (a woman)," attested from 1711.
The use of the word in radio communication to mean "yes, I understand" is attested from 1941, from the U.S. military phonetic alphabet word for the letter -R-, in this case an abbreviation for "received." Said to have been used by the R.A.F. since 1938. The Jolly Roger pirate flag is first attested 1723, of unknown origin; jolly here has its otherwise obsolete Middle English sense "high-hearted, gallant." Roger de Coverley, once a favorite English country dance, is so called from 1685, in reference to Addison's character in the "Spectator." French roger-bontemps "jovial, carefree man," is attested there from 15c.
中文词源
roger（收到）：无线电通话中字母R的代称
英语单词roger本是男子的姓名，一般翻译为罗杰。但在无线电对讲场景中，它常常用来表示“收到”，如roger that意思就是“收到该信息”。
由于单独一个英语字母的发音不太清晰易懂，所以人们往往使用一个单词来代表一二字母，如用boy代表B，用dog代表D。20世纪30年代的英国皇家空军中，在当时的军用无线电语音通话中，规定用roger来代表字母R。而字母R在摩尔斯码中是Received的缩写。所以roger在无线电对讲场景中就是received（收到）的意思。
有意思的是，除了roger外，在无线电对讲时，人们还往往用copy一词来表示“收到”，其含义与roger相同，不同点仅仅在于roger源于明文规定用法，而copy源于人们的习惯用法，更加口语化。
roger： ['rɒdʒə] n.（男子名）罗杰int.收到，知道了。
该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：roger 词源，roger 含义。
美国军事俚语，来自 received 的首字母 R,后为便于认知用 roger 代替。
