英语词汇*ekwo-的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	*ekwo-
词源	ekwo- Proto-Indo-European root meaning "horse." Perhaps related to ōku- "swift." It forms all or part of: alfalfa; Eohippus; equestrian; equine; equus; hippo-; hippocampus; Hippocratic; Hippocrene; hippocrepian; hippodrome; hippogriff; Hippolytus; hippopotamus; Philip; philippic; Philippines; Xanthippe. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit açva-, Avestan aspa-, Greek hippos, Latin equus, Old Irish ech, Old Church Slavonic ehu-, Old English eoh, Gothic aihwa- all meaning "horse." Entries linking to ekwo- alfalfa n. common name in North America for "lucerne," a plant in the legume family important as a forage crop, 1845, from Spanish alfalfa, earlier alfalfez, said by Iberian sources to be from Arabic al-fisfisa "fresh fodder." Watkins says it is ultimately from an Old Iranian compound aspa-sti- "alfalfa, clover," from aspa- "horse" (from PIE root ekwo- "horse") + -sti- "food," from suffixed form of PIE root ed- "to eat." Eohippus n. oldest known genus of the horse family, about the size of a fox and first known from fossil remains found in New Mexico, 1879, Modern Latin, from eo- "earliest" + Greek hippos "horse" (from PIE root ekwo- "horse"). alfalfa (n.)Eohippus (n.)equestrian (adj.)equine (adj.)equus (n.)hippo-hippocampus (n.)Hippocratic (adj.)Hippocrenehippocrepian (adj.)hippodrome (n.)hippogriff (n.)Hippolytushippopotamus (n.)Philipphilippic (n.)PhilippinesXanthippecavalier (n.)horse (n.) updated on October 09, 2017
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