英语词汇corduroy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

corduroy. Plebeian cotton forms the basis for the ribbed cloth we know as corduroy today, but the fabric was once woven from regal silk. The word had generally been thought to derive from the French corde du Roi (“cord of the King”), no one ven- turing to say which Gallic king first wore the material. But no such word has ever been used by the French, velours à côtes be- ing their name for corduroy. Thus it has been suggested that the fabric had its origins in England, the O.E.D. pointing out that an 1807 French list of cloths used the English words “king’s cordes.” The surname Corderey or Corderoy is one possibility, from its first manufacturer’s name, or it may be that some en- terprising merchant, relying on snob appeal in advertising, christened the product “cord of the king,” using the French corde du Roi for even greater distinction. The word was first used for a cloth in 1787.

词汇	corduroy
词源	corduroy. Plebeian cotton forms the basis for the ribbed cloth we know as corduroy today, but the fabric was once woven from regal silk. The word had generally been thought to derive from the French corde du Roi (“cord of the King”), no one ven- turing to say which Gallic king first wore the material. But no such word has ever been used by the French, velours à côtes be- ing their name for corduroy. Thus it has been suggested that the fabric had its origins in England, the O.E.D. pointing out that an 1807 French list of cloths used the English words “king’s cordes.” The surname Corderey or Corderoy is one possibility, from its first manufacturer’s name, or it may be that some en- terprising merchant, relying on snob appeal in advertising, christened the product “cord of the king,” using the French corde du Roi for even greater distinction. The word was first used for a cloth in 1787.
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