英语词汇arbor vitae的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	arbor vitae
词源	arbor vitae n. also arbor-vitae, type of evergreen shrub, 1660s, name given by French physician and botanist Charles de Lécluse, Latin, literally "tree of life;" see arbor (n.2) + vital. Also used in late 18c. rogue's slang as a cant word for "penis." Entries linking to arbor vitae arbor n.2 "main support or beam of a machine," 1650s, from Latin arbor, arboris "tree," from Proto-Italic arthos, which de Vaan derives from PIE herdhos "height, uprightness," from root eredh- "to grow, high" (see ortho-). vital adj. late 14c., "of or manifesting life," from Latin vitalis "of or belonging to life," from vita "life," related to vivere "to live," from PIE root gwei- "to live." The sense of "necessary or important" is from 1610s, via the notion of "essential to life" (late 15c.). Vital capacity recorded from 1852. Related: Vitally. updated on November 30, 2017
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arbor vitae n.