英语词汇jay的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	jay
词源	jay. While some writers suggest that the name of this com- mon bird is of origins unknown, it probably derives, via Old French, from the Latin gaius, for the bird, and gaius probably comes from the Latin proper name Gaius. A number of birds are named after very common proper names, including jack- daw and robin. Jay is recorded in English as early as 1310.
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