英语词汇turtledove的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	turtledove
词源	turtledove. No turtles involved here. The mourning dove takes its name from the Latin turtur, echoic for the sound that the bird makes, and dove, for “a diver.” Turtur became the Dutch tortelduyf, the German Turteltaube, and finally the En- glish turtledove. The Song of Solomon’s “The voice of the turtle is heard in the land,” refers to the turtledove.
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