stench的词源

英文词源

stench

stench: see stink

stench (n.)

Old English stenc "a smell, odor, scent, fragrance" (either pleasant or unpleasant), from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz (cognates: Old Saxon stanc, Old High German stanch, German stank). Related to stincan "emit a smell" (see stink (v.)) as drench is to drink. It tended toward "bad smell" in Old English (as a verb, only with this sense), and the notion of "evil smell" has predominated since c. 1200.

中文词源

stench：恶臭

来自古英语 stenc,气味，臭味，香味，来自 Proto-Germanic*stankwiz,气味，来自 PIE*steug, 扩大形式于 PIE*steu,推，击，释放，词源同 steep,type.后词义仅限于指臭味。

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