blinking的词源

英文词源

blink (v.): 1580s, perhaps from Middle Dutch blinken "to glitter," which is of uncertain origin, possibly, with German blinken "to gleam, sparkle, twinkle," from a nasalized form of base found in Old English blican "to shine, glitter" (see bleach (v.)).

Middle English had blynke (c. 1300) in the sense "a brief gleam or spark," perhaps a variant of blench "to move suddenly or sharply; to raise one's eyelids" (c. 1200), perhaps from the rare Old English blencan "deceive." Related: Blinked; blinking. The last, as a euphemism for a stronger word, is attested by 1914.
nictation: "The action or process of blinking", Late 18th century: from Latin nictatio(n-), from the verb nictare 'to blink'.

来自blooding的变体。因为blood属于禁忌词，比较忌讳。

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