英语词汇breeding的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	breeding
词源	breeding n. early 14c., "hatching, incubation; act of generating or producing;" late 14c., "formation, development, growth;" verbal noun from breed (v.). The meaning "manners, deportment in social life" is from 1590s (commonly short for good breeding), from the notion of "upbringing." Entries linking to breeding breed v. Old English bredan "bring (young) to birth, procreate," also "cherish, keep warm," from West Germanic brodjan (source also of Old High German bruoten, German brüten "to brood, hatch"), from brod- "fetus, hatchling," from PIE root *bhreu- "to boil, bubble, effervesce, burn." The etymological notion is incubation, warming to hatch. The intransitive sense "come into being" is from c. 1200; that of "beget or bear offspring" is from mid-13c. Of livestock, etc., "procure by the mating of parents and rear for use," mid-14c. The sense of "grow up, be reared" (in a clan, etc.) is late 14c.; the meaning "form by education" is from mid-15c. Related: Bred; breeding. updated on October 23, 2022
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