rosemary的词源
英文词源
- rosemary
- rosemary: [15] Originally, rosemary had no connection with either ‘roses’ or ‘Mary’. Etymologically it means ‘sea-dew’. It comes, probably via Old French rosmarin, from late Latin rōsmarīnum. This in turn was a conflation of Latin rōs marīnus, rōs meaning ‘dew’ and marīnus ‘of the sea’ (an allusion to the fact that the plant grew near sea coasts). The word originally entered English in the 14th century as rosmarine, but association with rose and Mary (the Virgin Mary, no doubt) led to its alteration to rosemary.
=> marine, mere, mermaid - rosemary (n.)
- late 14c., earlier rosmarine (c. 1300), from Latin rosmarinus, literally "dew of the sea" (compare French romarin), from ros "dew" + marinus (see marine (adj.)). Perhaps so called because it grew near coasts. Form altered in English by influence of rose and Mary.
Latin ros is from PIE *ers- "to be wet" (cognates: Lithuanian rasa, Old Church Slavonic rosa "dew," Sanskrit rasah "sap, juice, fluid, essence," Hittite arszi "flows," and perhaps also Rha, Scythian name of the River Volga (see rhubarb)).
中文词源
rosemary：迷迭香Rosemary罗斯玛丽(女子名)
这是一种观赏植物，汉语叫“迷迭香”。英语名称rosemary是拉丁文名称ros marinus演变而来的。ros意为dew（露），marinus意为marine（海的），ros marinus即sea-dew之意，因为昔日人们常在法国南部海边的悬崖上看到它，所以给它取了这么个名字。英语根据拉丁文名字把它叫做rosmarine。ros在英国人听来很像rose（玫瑰）一词，而marinus却使人想起常用名Mary。最后人们索性称之为rosemary，并以此花献给圣母玛利亚(Virgin Mary)。
古人认为rosemary能增强记忆，在文学作品和民间传说中rosemary常被视为纪念(remembrance)和忠诚的象征，故常用于婚礼。rosemary的花香，叶和茎也香，特别招惹蜜蜂。在美国温暖地区和英国广泛栽培于花园。在英国的花园里流传着这样一句话：“哪里盛开rosemary，哪里的主妇是当家。”(Where rosemary thrives, the mistress is master.)
该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：rosemary 词源，rosemary 含义。
来自中古英语 rosmarine,来自拉丁语 ros marinus,海露花，因生长于海边而得名，来自 ros,露 珠，marinus,海，词源同 marine.后拼写俗化为 rosemary,字面意思即献给圣母玛丽亚的玫瑰。
