英语词汇gooseberry的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

gooseberry. How the gooseberry got its name is a puzzle to historians and etymologists. One theory claims that “gooseber- ry” is a mispronunciation of “gorge berry,” an early name for the fruit; a nice theory, except that gooseberry was used before gorgeberry, according to what records there are. For similar rea- sons, most word detectives do not believe that gooseberry is a corruption of groseille, the French name for the fruit, or the Dutch kruishes, which means “cross berry.” Perhaps a better ex- planation is that gooseberry is a corruption of the German Jans- beeren (John’s berry, so named because it ripens during the feast of St. John), which corrupted into the German Gansberren and was translated into English as gooseberry because gans means “goose” in German. That, in fact, is the only thing linking geese with the berry or plant—the goose doesn’t like berries, isn’t even averse to them, just ignores them entirely. Neither were gooseberries customarily served with roast goose, as is some- times stated. The consensus is that gooseberry does come from some unknown association with the goose, plant names associ- ated with animals often being inexplainable. There is even a theory that holds, simply put, that the goose gave its name to a fool or simpleton (as in a silly goose) and that the green berry (suggesting a “greenhorn” or fool) became known as a goose (or fool) berry.

词汇	gooseberry
词源	gooseberry. How the gooseberry got its name is a puzzle to historians and etymologists. One theory claims that “gooseber- ry” is a mispronunciation of “gorge berry,” an early name for the fruit; a nice theory, except that gooseberry was used before gorgeberry, according to what records there are. For similar rea- sons, most word detectives do not believe that gooseberry is a corruption of groseille, the French name for the fruit, or the Dutch kruishes, which means “cross berry.” Perhaps a better ex- planation is that gooseberry is a corruption of the German Jans- beeren (John’s berry, so named because it ripens during the feast of St. John), which corrupted into the German Gansberren and was translated into English as gooseberry because gans means “goose” in German. That, in fact, is the only thing linking geese with the berry or plant—the goose doesn’t like berries, isn’t even averse to them, just ignores them entirely. Neither were gooseberries customarily served with roast goose, as is some- times stated. The consensus is that gooseberry does come from some unknown association with the goose, plant names associ- ated with animals often being inexplainable. There is even a theory that holds, simply put, that the goose gave its name to a fool or simpleton (as in a silly goose) and that the green berry (suggesting a “greenhorn” or fool) became known as a goose (or fool) berry.
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