| 词源 |
bridegroom. The groom in bridegroom is of no relation to the “groom” who takes care of horses. Groom here is a corruption of the Old English guma, “man.” Guma became grome in Mid- dle English and this word was associated with grome, “a lad,” fi- nally becoming part of bridegroom, first recorded in the early 16th century. |