英语词汇vulture的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	vulture
词源	vulture n. late 14c., from Anglo-French vultur, Old French voutoir, voutre (Modern French vautour), from Latin vultur, earlier voltur, perhaps related to vellere "to pluck, to tear" (see svelte). Figurative sense is recorded from 1580s. Related: Vulturine; vulturous. Entries linking to vulture svelte adj. "slender, lithe," 1817, svelt, from French svelte "slim, slender" (17c.), from Italian svelto "slim, slender," originally "pulled out, lengthened," past participle of svellere "to pluck or root out," from Vulgar Latin exvellere, from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + vellere "to pluck, stretch," from PIE wel-no-, suffixed form of *uelh- "to strike" (source also of Hittite ualh- "to hit, strike," Greek aliskomai "to be caught"). turkey-vulture n. 1823, from turkey + vulture. From 1670s as turkey-buzzard. updated on March 19, 2014
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vulture n.