英语词汇king cole的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

King Cole. The “merry old soul” of nursery rhyme fame is in British tradition a king of the third century. The monarch is mentioned in Historia Regum Britannica (1508) by Geoffrey of Monmouth, who says nothing about him calling for his pipe, bowl, or fiddlers three, and whose veracity, in fact, has been questioned. Old King Cole may also have been the grandfather of the Emperor Constantine. The city of Colchester doesn’t de- rive from his name, as is often stated, but is probably named from the Latin colonia.

词汇	king cole
词源	King Cole. The “merry old soul” of nursery rhyme fame is in British tradition a king of the third century. The monarch is mentioned in Historia Regum Britannica (1508) by Geoffrey of Monmouth, who says nothing about him calling for his pipe, bowl, or fiddlers three, and whose veracity, in fact, has been questioned. Old King Cole may also have been the grandfather of the Emperor Constantine. The city of Colchester doesn’t de- rive from his name, as is often stated, but is probably named from the Latin colonia.
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