| 词汇 | lackey |
| 词源 | lackey. Military commanders of the Moors were called al- kaid, “chief,” but when the Spanish captured these commanders and their men in regaining control of Spain during the Middle Ages, they enslaved them and made them servants. From their once proud name, corrupted to alcayo in Spanish, came our En- glish word for the lowest of servants. |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词源词典收录了13259条英语词源词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史，是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。