英语词汇splice的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	splice
词源	splice v. 1520s, originally a sailors' word, from Middle Dutch splissen "to splice" (Dutch splitsen), from Proto-Germanic spli-, from PIE root (s)plei- "to split, splice" (see flint). The Dutch word was borrowed in French as épisser. Used of motion picture film from 1912; of DNA from 1975. Related: Spliced; splicing; splicer. splice n. 1620s (implied in splicing), first recorded in writing of Capt. John Smith, from splice (v.). Motion picture film sense is from 1923. In colloquial use, "marriage union, wedding" (1830). Entries linking to splice flint n. Old English flint "flint; a type of rock noted for hardness and for giving off sparks when struck," from Proto-Germanic flintaz (source also of Middle Dutch vlint, Old High German flins, Danish flint), from PIE splind- "to split, cleave," from root (s)plei- "to splice, split" (source also of Greek plinthos "brick, tile," Old Irish slind "brick"), perhaps a variant of spel- (1) "to split, break off." Transferred senses (hardness, etc.) were in Old English. updated on November 10, 2013
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