avalanche的词源
英文词源
- avalanche
- avalanche: [18] Not surprisingly, avalanche originated in the Alps. The French dialect of Savoy, an area near the Italian border in the western Alps, had a term lavantse, apparently derived from a Vulgar Latin *labanca (whence Provençal lavanca). Through association with the verb avaler ‘descend’ (see DOWN), this underwent metathesis (transposition of l and v) to produce in the Romansh language of Switzerland avalantze, which was borrowed into French as avalanche.
- avalanche (n.)
- 1763, from French avalanche (17c.), from Romansch (Swiss) avalantze "descent," altered (by metathesis of -l- and -v-, probably influenced by Old French avaler "to descend, go down") from Savoy dialect lavantse, from Provençal lavanca "avalanche," perhaps from a pre-Latin Alpine language (the suffix -anca suggests Ligurian). As a verb, from 1872.
中文词源
发音释义：['ævəlɑːnʃ] n.v. 雪崩
词源解释：avalanche←法语avalanche（雪崩）←罗曼什语avalantze（下降）
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：avalanche 词源，avalanche 含义。
来自俗词源。avaler, 向下，同valance, 挂布。-anche, 同后缀ance.
