Brazil的词源
英文词源
- Brazil
- 1550s, from Spanish/Portuguese terra de brasil "red-dye-wood land," from Spanish brasil or Italian brasile, probably connected to French braize (see braize) for resemblance of color to a glowing ember (but Old Italian form verzino suggests a possible connection with Arabic wars "saffron"). Originally the name of a type of wood from an East Indian tree, used in making dye; the name later was transferred to a similar South American species. Brazil in reference to the wood is attested in English from late 14c. Complicating matters is Hy Brasil, a name applied by 1436 to one of the larger Azores Islands, later transferred to a legendary island or rock off the west coast of Ireland (sighted in 1791 at lat. 51° 10', long. 15° 58').
中文词源
Brazil（巴西）：盛产红色染料木的国家
英语单词Brasil（巴西）来自葡萄牙语brasil。在葡萄牙语中，brasil表示一种红色树木，用于制造染料，原本出产于印度。葡萄牙探险家到达巴西时，发现这里生长有大量类似brasil的树木，因此将此地称为terra de brasil（land of red-dye-wood，红色染料木之国），后来简称Brasil，进入英语后改写为Brazil。
Brazil：[brə'zil] n.巴西
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：Brazil 词源，Brazil 含义。
来自葡萄牙语brasil, 红木，原指巴西一种产红颜料的树。词源同burn, 燃烧，形容其木艳丽如燃烧的木炭。
巴西盛产一种叫做Brazilwood的染料木村，西班牙语和葡萄牙语称之为brasil。当葡萄牙探险者来到南美大陆时，他们就给这个新发现的国度取名为terre de Brasil，意为land of red dye-wood（红染料木之国），以后简称为Brasil，英语作Brazil。
