英语词汇trebuchet的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	trebuchet
词源	trebuchet n. "medieval stone-throwing engine of war," c. 1300 (in Anglo-Latin from early 13c.), from Old French trebuchet (12c.) "stone-throwing siege engine," from trabuchier "to overturn, fall to the ground, overthrow" (11c.), from tra- (from Latin trans-, here expressing "displacement") + Old French buc "trunk, bulk," from Frankish buk- "trunk of the body," from Proto-Germanic bheu-, variant of beu-, used in forming words loosely associated with swelling (such as German bauch "belly;" see bull (n.2)). Entries linking to trebuchet* bull n.2 "papal edict, highest authoritative document issued by or in the name of a pope," c. 1300, from Medieval Latin bulla "sealed document" (source of Old French bulle, Italian bulla), originally the word for the seal itself, from Latin bulla "round swelling, knob," said ultimately to be from Gaulish, from PIE *beu-, a root supposed to have formed a large group of words meaning "much, great, many," also words associated with swelling, bumps, and blisters (source also of Lithuanian bulė "buttocks," Middle Dutch puyl "bag," also possibly Latin bucca "cheek"). updated on April 07, 2014
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trebuchet n.