burro的词源

英文词源

burro (n.)

"donkey," 1800, from Spanish burrico "donkey," from Late Latin burricus "small, shaggy horse," probably from burrus "reddish-brown," from Greek pyrros "flame-colored, yellowish-red," from pyr (genitive pyros) "fire," from PIE root *paəwr- "fire" (see fire (n.)). Or, for its shaggy hair, from Late Latin burra "wool."

中文词源

burro：小驴

来自拉丁词burra, 羊毛，粗糙。词源同bur, 芒刺。形容驴毛粗糙。

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