英语词汇stub的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	stub
词源	stub n. Old English stybb "stump of a tree," from Proto-Germanic stubjaz (source also of Middle Dutch stubbe, Old Norse stubbr), from PIE root (s)teu- (1) "to push, stick, knock, beat" (see steep (adj.)). Extended 14c. to other short, thick, protruding things. Meaning "remaining part of something partially consumed" is from 1520s. stub v. mid-15c., "dig up stumps, dig up by the roots," from stub (n.). The sens of "strike (one's toe) against" something projecting from a surface is first recorded 1848. Meaning "to extinguish a cigarette" is from 1927. Related: Stubbed; stubbing. Entries linking to stub steep adj. "having a sharp slope," Old English steap "high, lofty; deep; prominent, projecting," from Proto-Germanic staupa- (source also of Old Frisian stap "high, lofty," Middle High German stouf), from PIE steup-, extended form of root (s)teu- (1) "to push, stick, knock, beat," with derivations referring to projecting objects (source also of Greek typtein "to strike," typos "a blow, mold, die;" Sanskrit tup- "harm," tundate "pushes, stabs;" Gothic stautan "push;" Old Norse stuttr "short"). The sense of "precipitous" is from c. 1200. The slang sense "at a high price" is a U.S. coinage first attested 1856. Related: Steeply; steepness. The noun meaning "steep place" is from 1550s. stubborn adj. late 14c., of uncertain origin. Earliest form is stiborn. OED, Liberman doubt any connection with stub (n.). Related: Stubbornly; stubbornness. stubby adj. "short and thick," 1570s, from stub (n.) + -y (2); of persons, from 1831. updated on December 11, 2013
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