英语词汇bittern的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	bittern
词源	bittern n. heron-like European bird, c. 1300, bitour, botor, from Old French butor "bittern," which is perhaps from Gallo-Roman butitaurus, from Latin butionem "bittern" + taurus "bull" (see steer (n.)); according to Pliny, so called because of its booming voice, but this seems fanciful. The modern form in English is attested from 1510s. Entries linking to bittern* steer n. "young ox," Old English steor "bullock," from Proto-Germanic steuraz (source also of Old Saxon stior, Old Norse stjorr, Swedish tjur, Danish tyr, Middle Dutch, Dutch, German stier, Gothic stiur "bull"), perhaps from PIE steu-ro-, denoting "larger domestic animal" (see Taurus). In U.S. of male beef cattle of any age. slattern n. 1630s, "a woman negligent or disordered in her dress or household," a word of uncertain origin, probably related to Low German Slattje, Dutch slodder, dialectal Swedish slata "slut" (in the older, non-sexual sense; compare slut). Also compare dialectal English verb slatter "to spill or splash awkwardly, to waste," used of women or girls considered untidy or slovenly. With intrusive -n, perhaps as in bittern. updated on October 13, 2022
随便看	univocal unjoin unjust unjustifiable unjustified unkempt unkept unkillable unkind unkindly unkindness unknit unknowable unknowing unknown unlace unlade unladen unladylike unlamented unlatch unlawful unleaded unlearn unlearned

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bittern n.