英语词汇tip的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

tip. A persistent unsubstantiated story has the word tip, for “gratuity,” originating with the initials, t. i. p., “to insure prompt- ness (or promptitude),” which was supposed to be inscribed on offering boxes in 18th-century English coffeehouses. More likely the word comes from the 16th-century slang to tip, mean- ing “to hand over,” which possibly derives from the verb tip in its meaning of “to touch lightly.” A tip as “secret information” probably derives from the same slang source.

词汇	tip
词源	tip. A persistent unsubstantiated story has the word tip, for “gratuity,” originating with the initials, t. i. p., “to insure prompt- ness (or promptitude),” which was supposed to be inscribed on offering boxes in 18th-century English coffeehouses. More likely the word comes from the 16th-century slang to tip, mean- ing “to hand over,” which possibly derives from the verb tip in its meaning of “to touch lightly.” A tip as “secret information” probably derives from the same slang source.
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