| 词汇 | sidewalk |
| 词源 | sidewalk. Americans have been calling the part of a street re- served for pedestrians a sidewalk since at least 1851, when the word was first recorded, describing a cement walk at the side of a road. In fact, side passage was used as early as 1790. Today Americans rarely say anything but “sidewalk,” except as region- alisms, while Australians use footpath and the British prefer footway and pavement. |
| 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。