| 词汇 | how come |
| 词源 | how come? Bartlett’s (1848) says how come? is “Doubtless an English phrase, brought over by the original settlers . . . the meaning . . . [being] How did what you tell me happen? How came it?” Others opt for the Dutch hockum, “why?,” which the “original settlers” heard in New Amsterdam. |
| 随便看 |
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。