bargain的词源
英文词源
- bargain
- bargain: [14] Bargain appears to be distantly related to borrow. Its immediate source was Old French bargaignier ‘haggle’, but this was probably borrowed from Germanic *borganjan, a derivative of *borgun (from which ultimately we get borrow). The sense development may have been as follows: originally ‘look after, protect’ (the related Germanic *burg- produced English borough, which to begin with meant ‘fortress’, and bury); then ‘take on loan, borrow’; then ‘take or give’; and hence ‘trade, haggle, bargain’.
=> belfrey, borough, borrow, bury - bargain (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French bargaignier (12c., Modern French barguigner) "to haggle over the price," perhaps from Frankish *borganjan "to lend" or some other Germanic source, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *borgan (cognates: Old High German borgen; Old English borgian, source of borrow). Another suggestion is that the French word comes from Late Latin barca "a barge," because it "carries goods to and fro." There are difficulties with both suggestions. Related: Bargained; bargaining.
- bargain (n.)
- mid-14c., "business transaction or agreement," also "that which is acquired by bargaining," from Old French bargaine, from bargaignier (see bargain (v.)). Meaning "article priced for special sale" is from 1899. A bargain basement (1899) originally was a basement floor in a store where bargains were displayed.
中文词源
发音释义：['bɑːgən] n. 交易；便宜货 vi. 讨价还价vt.要求得到；指望得到
词源解释：bargain←古法语bargaignier（讨价还价）
bargain原本是个动词，表示“讨价还价”，继而表示经过讨价还价后确定的交易，既可以是划算的交易（good bargain），也可以是不划算的交易（bad bargain）。但在表示“货品”时，bargain仅仅表示便宜货、特价货、廉价货。
助记窍门：bargain = bar（酒吧）+gain（获得）→在酒吧里边喝酒边谈生意，这样才能达成交易，还有可能买到便宜货
常见搭配：bargain for sth（为某物讨价还价）；bargain with sb（与某人讨价还价）；bargain about sth（就某件事讨价还价）；bargain goods（特价品）；bargain price（特价）；get the best of the bargain（占便宜）；get the worst of the bargain（吃亏）；bargain away（贱卖；长时间地讨价还价）；strike a bargain（成交）
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：bargain 词源，bargain 含义。
来自拉丁词barca, 驳船，同barge. 指驳船上装载货物进行的一种传统的交易方式。
来源于日耳曼语borg-(照顾,保护)派生的borgun(借入),经古法语bargaignier(讨价还价)产生了英语bargain。其语义的演变经历了以下路线：照顾,保护→借入,借款→拿,给→讨价还价→成交,契约。
同源词： borrow
