英语词汇scallop的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	scallop
词源	scallop [ME] Scallop was borrowed from the Old French escalope ‘shell’, which was probably borrowed from a Germanic language. The use of the word to describe an edge shaped to resemble a series of scallop shells is early 17th century. The cut of meat called an escalope [E19th] is also from the French word.
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