英语词汇bocaccio的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	bocaccio
词源	bocaccio. A fish named after the great Italian poet, storyteller, and diplomat Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–75). The American rockfish has a big mouth and the poet was said to be something of a gossip. Or it may be simply that this famous person’s name combined nicely with the Spanish bocacha for “bigmouth,” yielding bocaccio (with three c’s, not four).
随便看	gammer gammon and spinach gamp gams gandhi the mahatma gandy dancer gangboard gangbuster gangplank gangway gansevoort street pier ganymede gaol gaper-s block garage garand rifle garbage garbled garbo speaks garden garden bed gardenia garden of eden garden of the gods garden of the hesperides

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。