英语词汇trousseau的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	trousseau
词源	trousseau n. "a bride's clothing, etc., brought from her former home," 1817, from French trousseau, originally "a bundle," diminutive of Old French trousse "bundle" (see truss (n.)). Italicized as foreign at first, nativized by 1833. The Old French word was borrowed into Middle English early 13c. as "a bundle of keys," but it fell from use. Entries linking to trousseau truss n. c. 1200, "collection of things bound together," from Old French trousse, torse "parcel, package, bundle," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Vulgar Latin torciare "to twist," from Late Latin torquere "to twist" (from PIE root terkw- "to twist"). Meaning "surgical appliance to support a rupture, etc." first attested 1540s. Sense of "framework for supporting a roof or bridge" is first recorded 1650s. updated on February 18, 2014
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trousseau n.