satin的词源

英文词源

satinyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
satin: [14] Like many other fabric names, satin betrays the fabric’s place of origin, although only after a little digging. It comes via Old French satin from Arabic zaitūnī, which denoted ‘of Zaitun’ – and Zaitun was the Arabic rendering of Tseutung, the former name of a port (now Tsinkiang) in southern China from which satin was exported. Sateen [19] is an alteration of satin, on the model of velveteen.
satin (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
mid-14c., from Old French satin (14c.), perhaps from Arabic (atlas) zaytuni, literally "(satin) from Zaitun," a Chinese city, perhaps modern Quanzhou in Fukien province, southern China, a major port in the Middle Ages, with a resident community of European traders. The form of the word perhaps influenced in French by Latin seta "silk." OED finds the Arabic connection etymologically untenable and takes the French word straight from Latin. As an adjective from mid-15c.

中文词源

satin(缎子):中世纪闻名于外的中国海港城市泉州

在中世纪时,中国东南沿海地区有一个闻名于外的海港城市,被阿拉伯人称为Zaitun。该城是海上丝绸之路的起点,被西方人誉为“东方第一大港”,是当时著名的东方名城。1292年,意大利旅行家马可波罗在叙述其西还旅程时写道:“离开福州市……第五天傍晚,抵达宏伟秀丽的Zaitun城”,“Zaitun是世界上最大的港口之一,大批商人云集这里,货物堆积如山,的确难以想象。”数十年后的1346年,摩洛哥旅行家伊本吧都他(Ibn Batuta)亦写道:“我们渡海到达的第一座城市是Zaitun……该城的港口是世界大港之一,甚至是最大的港口。”英语单词satin就来自东方名城Zaitun,表示来自Zaitun的丝绸、缎子。

虽然Zaitun在600多年前就是世界皆知的名城,但到了19世纪初,欧洲学术界却在为“Zaitun”到底在何处而争论不休。直到1915-1918年日本学者桑原骘藏的《蒲寿庚考》问世后,史学界才一致认定那个充满传奇故事的“Zaitun”就是中国福建省的泉州。

satin:['sætɪn] n.缎子,缎子衣服adj.光滑的,绸缎做的,似缎子的

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版:satin 词源,satin 含义。

satin:绸缎,缎子

来自法语 satin,绸缎,来自阿拉伯语 zaytuni,刺桐,刺桐的绸缎,即 Zaitun,刺桐,泉州古名, 中世纪时海上丝绸之路的起点(有争议)。