ablutions的词源

英文词源

No matching word found in the dictionary.

Word of Random

uncle

uncle: [13] Uncle comes via Anglo-Norman uncle and late Latin aunculus from Latin avunculus ‘mother’s brother, maternal uncle’ (source also of English avuncular [19]). This was a diminutive noun derived from the prehistoric base *aw- ‘grandparent’, and it has relatives in Latin avus ‘grandfather’, Welsh ewythr ‘uncle’, Polish wuj ‘uncle’, Armenian hav ‘uncle’, etc.
=> avuncular

中文词源

ablutions：净手礼

前缀ab-离开，带走。词根lut, 清洗，同lotion, 洗面乳。特指宗教仪式的一种礼仪，或可指中国武侠小说中的金盆洗手。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：ablutions 词源，ablutions 含义。