cahoots的词源

英文词源

cahoots (n.)

1829, American English, of unknown origin; said to be perhaps from French cahute "cabin, hut" (12c.), but U.S. sources credit it to French cohorte (see cohort), a word said to have been in use in the U.S. South and West with a sense of "companions, confederates."

中文词源

cahoots：结伙欺骗

可能来自cohort的变体。co-, 强调，-hort, 同yard, 院子，同伴。

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