bra的词源

英文词源

bra

bra: [20] The word bra made its first appearance in English in the mid 1930s. It is of course an abbreviation of brassiere (an early alternative abbreviated form was bras), which was borrowed from French around 1910. The French term originated in the 17th century, when it meant simply ‘bodice’; it appears to have been an alteration of an earlier, Old French braciere ‘piece of armour for the arm or wrist’ (borrowed into English as bracer in the 14th century), a derivative of bras ‘arm’.

bra (n.)

by 1923, shortening of brassiere.

中文词源

bra：乳罩　　

有一种解释认为，意指“乳罩”的bra是Otto Titzling1 912年为一位歌剧演员设计乳罩时杜撰的，但此说无甚根据。另有一种解释说，bra直接源自法国服装设计师PhillippedeBrassiere的姓氏。他在1929年以其姓氏为商品名推销由他改进的乳罩。乳罩的属名brassiere确乎和该设计师的姓氏拼写完全相同．，可是，该词早在1 91 4年2月Mary PhelpsJacobs申请brassiere专利时就已出现并开始使用了。还有一种解释尽管不那么有趣但却较为可信，认为brassiere系源自法语brov 'arm’（手臂），而bra则是从brassiete缩略而来，20世纪30年代进入英语。

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