英语词汇forelock的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	forelock
词源	forelock n. "lock of hair growing above the forehead," Old English forelocca "forelock;" see fore- + lock (n.2). "Opportunity has hair in front, behind she is bald; if you seize her by the forelock, you may hold her; but, if she once escapes, not Jupiter himself can catch her again." ["Dictionary of Latin Quotations, Proverbs, Maxims and Mottos," H.T. Riley, London, 1866] Entries linking to forelock fore- Middle English for-, fore-, from Old English fore-, often for- or foran-, from fore (adv. & prep.), which was used as a prefix in Old English as in other Germanic languages with a sense of "before in time, rank, position," etc., or designating the front part or earliest time. lock n.2 "tress of hair," Old English locc "lock of hair, curl" (plural loccas), from Proto-Germanic lukkoz (source also of Old Norse lokkr, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch lok, Old High German loc, German Locke "lock of hair"), a word of uncertain origin. According to OED, perhaps from a PIE lugnos- and related to Greek lygos "pliant twig, withe," Lithuanian lugnas "flexible" (see reluctance). updated on September 25, 2018
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forelock n.