英语词汇klaxon的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	klaxon
词源	klaxon n. "loud warning horn," 1908, originally on automobiles, said to have been named for the company that sold them (The Klaxon Company; distributor for Lovell-McConnell Manufacturing Co., Newark, New Jersey), but probably the company was named for the horn, from a made-up word likely based on Greek klazein "to roar," which is cognate with Latin clangere "to resound" (compare clang). Entries linking to klaxon clang v. "make a loud, sharp, resonant, metallic sounds," 1570s (intransitive), echoic (originally of trumpets and birds), akin to or from Latin clangere "resound, ring," and Greek klange "sharp sound," from PIE klang-, nasalized form of root kleg- "to cry, sound." Transitive sense is by 1850. Related: Clanged; clanging. updated on March 19, 2016
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