callus的词源

英文词源

callus (n.)

"hardened skin," 1560s, from Latin callus, variant of callum "hard skin," related to callere "be hard," from PIE root *kal- (3) "hard" (cognates: Sanskrit kalika "bud," Old Irish calath "hard," Old Church Slavonic kaliti "to cool, harden").

中文词源

callus：老茧

来自PIE *kal, 硬的，词源可能同cold, glacier. 即因冷而结冰变硬。

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