英语词汇valley的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	valley
词源	valley n. c. 1300, from Anglo-French valey, Old French valee "a valley" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin vallata, from Latin vallis "valley," of unknown origin. Valley Girl (in reference to San Fernando Valley of California) was popularized 1982 in song by Frank Zappa and his daughter. Valley of Death (Psalms xxiii.4) was rendered in Middle English as Helldale (mid-13c.). Entries linking to valley* vale n. river-land between two ranges of hills, early 14c., from Old French val "valley, vale" (12c.), from Latin vallem (nominative vallis, valles) "valley" (see valley). Now "little used except in poetry" [Century Dictionary]. Vale of years "old age" is from "Othello." Vale of tears "this world as a place of trouble" is attested from 1550s. An older phrase in the same sense was dale of dol (mid-15c.). updated on October 21, 2016
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valley n.