英语词汇dint的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	dint
词源	dint n. Old English dynt "blow dealt in fighting" (especially by a sword), from Proto-Germanic duntiz (source also of Old Norse dyntr "blow, kick"), a word well represented only in Germanic and of disputed etymology. Phrase by dint of "by force of, by means of," is early 14c. Entries linking to dint* dent n. early 14c., "a strike or blow," dialectal variant of Middle English dint, dunt (see dint); sense of "indentation, hollow mark made by a blow or pressure" is by 1560s, apparently by influence of indent. updated on September 19, 2021
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