英语词汇girl的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	girl
词源	girl. The origin of girl, first recorded in 1290, is obscure. Among many suggestions as to its ancestor are the Anglo- Saxon gyrlgyden, “virgin goddess”; the Anglo-Irish girlun; and the Irish cailin or colleen. It may also come from the Low Ger- man göre, “a young person” and, indeed, in some Scottish dia- lects girl means either a young male or female. A synonym probably just as old as girl is gay girl (gaye girle) for a young woman. See boy.
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