英语词汇scrimp的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	scrimp
词源	scrimp v. 1774, "to make too small, to pinch or scant," originally in English an adjective, "scant, meager" (1718), possibly from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish skrumpna "to shrink, shrivel up," Danish skrumpen "shrunken, shriveled," Norwegian dialectal skramp "thin man"), or from a continental Germanic source akin to Middle High German schrimpfen, German schrumpfen "to shrivel" (from Proto-Germanic skrimp-, from PIE root (s)kerb- "to turn, bend"). The meaning "economize" is by 1848. Related: Scrimped; scrimping. Entries linking to scrimp scrimpy adj. "scanty, deficient, contracted," 1855, from scrimp (v.) + -y (2). Related: Scrimpily; scrimpiness. shrimp n. early 14c., "slender, long-tailed, ten-footed, edible marine crustacean," Middle English shrimpe, probably from or related to Old Norse skreppa "thin person," from Proto-Germanic skrimp- (see scrimp). This is related to Old English scrimman "to shrink." The connecting notion between the two senses would be probably "thinness" (compare Danish dialectal skrimpe "thin cattle"). OED speculates that the general sense of "shrunken creature, puny person" is probably directly from the etymological source, however that meaning in English is attested only from late 14c. and is felt as transferred from the crustacean sense. An especially puny one might be a shrimplet (1680s). Shrimp cocktail* is attested by 1937. scrimpy (adj.)shrimp (n.)skimp (v.)skimpy (adj.) updated on March 02, 2022
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