英语词汇meadow的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	meadow
词源	meadow n. Old English mædwe "low, level tract of land under grass; pasture," originally "land covered in grass which is mown for hay;" oblique case of mæd "meadow, pasture," from Proto-Germanic medwo (source also of Old Frisian mede, Dutch made, German Matte "meadow," Old English mæþ "harvest, crop"), from PIE metwa- "a mown field," from root me- (4) "to cut down grass or grain." Meadow-grass* is from late 13c. Entries linking to meadow me- 4 mē-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to cut down grass or grain." It forms all or part of: aftermath; math (n.2) "a mowing;" mead (n.2) "meadow;" meadow; mow (v.). It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Greek (poetic) amao, Latin metere "to reap, mow, crop;" Italian mietere, Old Irish meithleorai "reapers," Welsh medi; Old English mawan "to mow," mæd "meadow." meadowlark n. also meadow-lark, 1775 as a name for a type of of New World grassland songbird, from meadow + lark (n.), but it has no relationship to the Old World lark. *me- (4)meadowlark (n.)meadowy (adj.)shadow (n.) updated on December 09, 2018
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meadow n.