英语词汇sorb的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	sorb
词源	Sorb n. 1843, from German Sorbe, from Slavic Serb, the national designation. A Slavic people surviving amid the Germans in Lusatia, eastern Saxony, also known as Wends (see Wend (n.)). Related: Sorbish; Sorbian (1836); earlier Sorabian (1788), from Medieval Latin Sorabi. sorb n. "fruit of the service tree," 1520s, from French sorbe, from Latin sorbum "service-berry" (small, edible fruit of the European mountain ash), from sorbus, a word of uncertain origin. De Vaan finds derivation from a PIE root for "red" "possible" but not convincing, and suggests instead a non-IE word for "berry." Related: Sorb-apple. Entries linking to sorb Wend n. member of a Slavic people of eastern Germany, 1610s (implied in Wendish), from German Wende, from Old High German Winida, related to Old English Winedas "Wends," of uncertain origin. Perhaps ultimately from Celtic vindo- "white," or from PIE wen-eto- "beloved," from root wen- (1) "to desire, strive for." Related: Wendish. service n.2 type of tree native to continental Europe; also the fruit or berry of it, 1520s, servyse, serves, an extended form of earlier serve "the service tree" (perhaps via Middle English plural serves being taken as a singular), from Old English syrfe, Old French sorbe, both of which are from Vulgar Latin sorbea, from Latin sorbus (see sorb). Service-berry is attested from 1570s; service-tree by c. 1600. sorbic adj. "pertaining to or derived from the mountain ash," 1815, in sorbic acid, which was so called because it was first isolated from the berries of that tree (see sorb). updated on March 21, 2023
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