英语词汇umbrella的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

umbrella. The umbrella is named for the benefit it provides in hot, sunny countries. It derives from the Latin umbra “shade,” its diminutive ending making the word mean “a little shade.” (Sombrero similarly comes from the Spanish sombra, “shade.”) The umbrella has been known in England since Anglo-Saxon times, but is said to have first been used there as a protection against rain by the world traveler Jonas Hanway in 1760. His innovation caused a riot among sedan chairmen and coach- men, whose vehicles up to then had been the pedestrian’s only protection from downpours. See also gamp; umbrage; under the umbrella of.

词汇	umbrella
词源	umbrella. The umbrella is named for the benefit it provides in hot, sunny countries. It derives from the Latin umbra “shade,” its diminutive ending making the word mean “a little shade.” (Sombrero similarly comes from the Spanish sombra, “shade.”) The umbrella has been known in England since Anglo-Saxon times, but is said to have first been used there as a protection against rain by the world traveler Jonas Hanway in 1760. His innovation caused a riot among sedan chairmen and coach- men, whose vehicles up to then had been the pedestrian’s only protection from downpours. See also gamp; umbrage; under the umbrella of.
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