英语词汇medal的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	medal
词源	medal [L16th] Medal goes back to medieval Latin medalia ‘half a denarius’, there being little difference in appearance between a coin and a medal. Medallion dates from the mid 17th century and originally meant ‘a larger medal’.
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