英语词汇falchion的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	falchion
词源	falchion n. "a broad sword, somewhat curved," c. 1300, fauchoun, from Old French fauchon "curved sword," from Vulgar Latin falcionem, from diminutive of Latin falx "sickle" (see falcate). Partially re-Latinized in early Modern English. Entries linking to falchion* falcate adj. "hooked, curved like a scythe or sickle," 1801, from Latin falcatus "sickle-shaped, hooked, curved," from falcem (nominative falx) "sickle," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps a borrowing from a non-Latin Indo-European language of Italy. De Vaan lists cognates as Old Irish delg "thorn, pin," Welsh dala "sting," Lithuanian dilgė "nettle," Old Norse dalkr "pin, spine, dagger," Old English delg "clasp." Related: Falcated; falcation; falciform (1766). updated on October 11, 2014
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falchion n.