英语词汇splint的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	splint
词源	splint n. c. 1300, "overlapping plate or strip in armor" (made of metal splints), probably from Middle Low German splinte, splente "thin piece of iron," related to Middle Dutch splinte "splint," probably literally "thin piece cut off," and from a Germanic offshoot of PIE (s)plei- "to split, splice" (see flint). Cognate with Danish splint "splinter," Swedish splint "wooden peg, wedge." Meaning "slender, flexible slip of wood" is recorded from early 14c.; specific surgical sense is attested from c. 1400. Entries linking to splint* 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. splinter n. early 14c., from Middle Dutch splinter, splenter "a splinter," related to splinte (see splint). The adjective (in splinter party, etc.) is attested by 1935, from the noun. updated on November 10, 2013
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splint n.

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