英语词汇gyp的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

gyp. According to the popular etymology, to gyp, “to cheat,” derives from the name of the much maligned gypsies, who got their name because 16th-century Englishmen erroneously assumed that they hailed from Egypt. The O.E.D., however, doesn’t dishonor the Romany people, deriving gyp from gee- up, which meant “to treat roughly” in some localities of En- gland. The gippo theory also saves face for the gypsies. A gippo, later shortened to gyp, was a short jacket worn by the valets of Oxford undergraduates in the 17th century. The word gyp this theory holds, was eventually applied to the servants them- selves, who were often cheats and thieves.

词汇	gyp
词源	gyp. According to the popular etymology, to gyp, “to cheat,” derives from the name of the much maligned gypsies, who got their name because 16th-century Englishmen erroneously assumed that they hailed from Egypt. The O.E.D., however, doesn’t dishonor the Romany people, deriving gyp from gee- up, which meant “to treat roughly” in some localities of En- gland. The gippo theory also saves face for the gypsies. A gippo, later shortened to gyp, was a short jacket worn by the valets of Oxford undergraduates in the 17th century. The word gyp this theory holds, was eventually applied to the servants them- selves, who were often cheats and thieves.
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