英语词汇gibbon的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

gibbon. Is this long-armed ape really named after a man? Possibly, if it’s true that the naming was the practical joke of an eminent naturalist. Several respected etymologists believe that this is the case. Apparently the French naturalist Buffon first named the Indian ape in his Natural History (1749–1804). The witty Buffon may have been aware that the tombs of the En- glish Gybbon family in Kent, “dating from about 1700, are surmounted by an ape’s head, the family crest.” A less inspired derivation suggests that gibbon comes from an Indian dialect, but there is no abundant evidence for either theory.

词汇	gibbon
词源	gibbon. Is this long-armed ape really named after a man? Possibly, if it’s true that the naming was the practical joke of an eminent naturalist. Several respected etymologists believe that this is the case. Apparently the French naturalist Buffon first named the Indian ape in his Natural History (1749–1804). The witty Buffon may have been aware that the tombs of the En- glish Gybbon family in Kent, “dating from about 1700, are surmounted by an ape’s head, the family crest.” A less inspired derivation suggests that gibbon comes from an Indian dialect, but there is no abundant evidence for either theory.
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