英语词汇toddle的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	toddle
词源	toddle v. "to run or walk with short, unsteady steps," c. 1600, Scottish and northern British, of uncertain origin, possibly related to totter (1530s); an earlier sense of "to toy, play" is found c. 1500. Related: Toddled; toddling. Entries linking to toddle dodder v. "to shake, tremble," 1610s, perhaps a variant of dadder, from Middle English daderen "to quake, tremble" (mid-14c.) a frequentative formation on a pattern similar to totter, patter, etc. Wedgwood points to a large group of similar words signifying motion to and fro, including dither, diddle, dandle, toddle, doddle ("shake the head," 1650s). Related: Doddered; doddering. toddler n. 1793, agent noun from toddle. Toddlekins is from 1839. updated on August 08, 2012
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