英语词汇plum的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

plum. The Old English plume, derived from the Greek prou- mnon for the fruit, gives us the English word plum. Burbank plums are probably the most famous in America, and take their name from the noted plant breeder Luther Burbank, who developed some 60 varieties of plums besides the Burbank. The Damson plum, another favorite, is named for the place where it originated; according to tradition, Alexander the Great first brought it to Greece from Damascus, Syria; the Ro- mans called it the plum of Damascus, prunum damas cenum, which became damascene plum and finally damson plum in En- glish. The renowned Greengage plum, which is actually yellow with a tinge of green, was brought from Italy to France in about 1500, where it was named the Reine-Claude after Clau- dia, la bonne reine, queen to Francis I. About 1725, Sir William Gage, an amateur English botanist, imported a number of plum trees from a monastery in France, all of which were la- beled except the Reine-Claude. A gardener named the un- known variety after his employer, and the Reine-Claude has been the greengage in England and America ever since. See political plum.

词汇	plum
词源	plum. The Old English plume, derived from the Greek prou- mnon for the fruit, gives us the English word plum. Burbank plums are probably the most famous in America, and take their name from the noted plant breeder Luther Burbank, who developed some 60 varieties of plums besides the Burbank. The Damson plum, another favorite, is named for the place where it originated; according to tradition, Alexander the Great first brought it to Greece from Damascus, Syria; the Ro- mans called it the plum of Damascus, prunum damas cenum, which became damascene plum and finally damson plum in En- glish. The renowned Greengage plum, which is actually yellow with a tinge of green, was brought from Italy to France in about 1500, where it was named the Reine-Claude after Clau- dia, la bonne reine, queen to Francis I. About 1725, Sir William Gage, an amateur English botanist, imported a number of plum trees from a monastery in France, all of which were la- beled except the Reine-Claude. A gardener named the un- known variety after his employer, and the Reine-Claude has been the greengage in England and America ever since. See political plum.
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