英语词汇wipe的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	wipe
词源	wipe v. Old English wipian "to wipe, cleanse," from Proto-Germanic wipjan "to move back and forth" (source also of Danish vippe, Middle Dutch, Dutch vippen, Old High German wifan "to swing"), from PIE root weip- "to turn, vacillate, tremble." wipe n. 1640s, "act of wiping," from wipe (v.). From 1708 as "something used in wiping" (especially a handkerchief); 1971 as "disposable absorbent tissue." Entries linking to wipe *weip- Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to turn, vacillate, tremble ecstatically." It forms all or part of: gimlet; gimp (n.2) "ornamental trimming material;" vibrant; vibrate; vibration; vibrato; vibrissa; waif; waive; waiver; whip; wimple; wipe. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Latin vibrare "set in tremulous motion, move quickly to and fro, quiver, tremble, shake," Lithuanian vyburti "to wag" (the tail), Danish vippe, Dutch wippen "to swing," Old English wipan "to wipe." wipeout n. also wipe-out, 1962, American English, surfer slang, from wipe (v.) + out. Sense of "destruction, defeat, a killing" is recorded from 1968. Verbal phrase wipe out "destroy, obliterate" is from 1610s. wiper n. 1550s as a person, 1580s as a cloth, agent noun wipe (v.). From 1929 as short for windshield wiper. updated on January 25, 2018
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