英语词汇autobahn的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	autobahn
词源	autobahn n. "German expressway," 1937, from German Autobahn (1930s), from auto "motor car, automobile" (short for automobil; see auto) + bahn "path, road," from Middle High German ban, bane "way, road," literally "strike" (as a swath cut through), from PIE gwhen- "to strike, kill" (see bane). Entries linking to autobahn* auto n. 1899 as shortened form of automobile (q.v.). Similar evolution yielded French, German auto. bane n. Middle English bane, from Old English bana "killer, slayer, murderer, a worker of death" (human, animal, or object), also "the devil," from Proto-Germanic banon, cognate with banja- "wound" (source also of Old Frisian bona "murderer," Old Norse bani "death; that which causes death," Old High German bana "death, destruction," Old English benn "wound," Gothic banja "stroke, wound"), a word of no certain IE etymology. The sense of "that which causes ruin or woe" is attested from 1570s. Related: Baneful. updated on September 30, 2022
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