英语词汇jade的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	jade
词源	jade. Spaniards in medieval times believed that this gem helped cure kidney ailments. They called it piedra de ifada, “stone of the side,” which became shortened and corrupted in English to jade. The jade for an old horse or a worthless woman, and the adjective jaded derive from another unknown word, of Middle English origin.
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