salver的词源

英文词源

salver

salver: [17] The word salver recalls the ancient practice of paranoid monarchs employing a special servant to taste their food before it was committed to the royal mouth, in case it was poisoned. The Spanish term for this was salva, a derivative of the verb salvar ‘save’, hence ‘make safe, try something out to make sure it is safe’, which in turn was descended from Latin salvāre ‘save’ (source of English save). By extension the Spanish noun came to be used for a tray on which the tested food was presented to the king, and it passed into French as salve. When English adopted it, the ending -er was added, perhaps on the model of platter.
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salver (n.)

1660s, "tray," formed in English on the model of platter, etc., from French salve "tray used for presenting objects to the king" (17c.), from Spanish salva "a testing of food or drink" to test for poison (a procedure known as pre-gustation), hence "tray on which food was placed to show it was safe to eat," from salvar "to save, render safe," from Late Latin salvare (see save (v.)).

中文词源

salver（托盘）：用来检验食物是否有毒的银盘

古代，暗杀他人的最好手段就是下毒。为了避免被人毒死，古代的君主和达官贵人在进食之前，专门有人负责检验食物是否有毒。这种检验食物是否有毒的过程在西班牙语中被称为salva，来自拉丁语salvare（save）。后来，人们发现银器可以用来检验食物是否有毒，因此用银盘来盛食物。这种可以检验食物是否有毒的银盘在英语中就被称为salver。与salver同源的单词有save、salvation。

salver：['sælvə] n.托盘，盘子

salvation：[sæl'veɪʃ(ə)n] n.拯救，救赎，救助

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salver：托盘，大盘子

来自法语 salve,托盘，大盘子，特指给国王用餐的盘子，来自西班牙语 salva,托盘，用于在 给国王上菜之前进行食物检验，来自拉丁语 salvare,救护，使安全，来自 PIE*sol,完整的，词 源同 solid,salvation,safe.比喻用法，后词义由专用化到通俗化。