英语词汇peeper的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	peeper
词源	peeper n. 1650s, "one who peeps," agent noun from peep (v.1). Slang meaning "eye" is c. 1700. From 1590s as "young chicken, little creature which peeps or chirps," and 1857 as "tree frog" (American English), both from peep (v.2). Entries linking to peeper peep v.1 "to glance, look from a state of concealment" (especially through or as through a small or narrow opening), mid-15c., pepen, perhaps an alteration of Middle English piken (see peek (v.)). Hence, "to come partially into view, begin to appear" (1530s). Peeping Tom "a curious prying fellow" [Grose] is from 1796 (see Godiva). peep v.2 "make a short chirp, cheap," as a bird, c. 1400, probably altered from pipen (mid-13c.), ultimately imitative (compare Latin pipare, French pepier, German piepen, Lithuanian pypti, Czech pipati, Greek pipos). updated on March 14, 2020
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