英语词汇dago的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

dago; wop; guinea. Dago is an offensive word that may de- rive from the name of a saint. Mencken traces this disparaging term to 1832, when it was used in Louisiana to describe a Spaniard, not an Italian. But dago is a corruption of the very common Spanish name Diego, or alludes to St. Diego, Spain’s patron saint, or both. Diego was used in Elizabethan times for a “swarthy” Spanish or Portuguese seaman. As recently as the beginning of this century the word also meant the Italian lan- guage, as well as a professor or student of Italian. The pejora- tive term is not heard as often today as its derivative, dago red, “any cheap wine.” Dago may also come from “day come, day go,” a term reputedly used by early Italian laborers in express- ing their patient philosophy. Far more offensive is wop, which arose toward the end of the 19th century. This ugly word comes from a relatively innocuous one, the Neapolitan guappo, a term used by immigrant laborers signifying a showy, preten- tious person. Similarly, the offensive guinea may have origi- nally referred to Italian laborers working for the equivalent of a guinea a day.

词汇	dago
词源	dago; wop; guinea. Dago is an offensive word that may de- rive from the name of a saint. Mencken traces this disparaging term to 1832, when it was used in Louisiana to describe a Spaniard, not an Italian. But dago is a corruption of the very common Spanish name Diego, or alludes to St. Diego, Spain’s patron saint, or both. Diego was used in Elizabethan times for a “swarthy” Spanish or Portuguese seaman. As recently as the beginning of this century the word also meant the Italian lan- guage, as well as a professor or student of Italian. The pejora- tive term is not heard as often today as its derivative, dago red, “any cheap wine.” Dago may also come from “day come, day go,” a term reputedly used by early Italian laborers in express- ing their patient philosophy. Far more offensive is wop, which arose toward the end of the 19th century. This ugly word comes from a relatively innocuous one, the Neapolitan guappo, a term used by immigrant laborers signifying a showy, preten- tious person. Similarly, the offensive guinea may have origi- nally referred to Italian laborers working for the equivalent of a guinea a day.
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