caramel的词源

英文词源

caramel (n.)

1725, from French caramel "burnt sugar" (17c.), via Old Spanish caramel (modern caramelo), ultimately from Medieval Latin cannamellis, traditionally from Latin canna (see cane (n.)) + mellis, genitive of mel "honey" (see Melissa). But some give the Medieval Latin word an Arabic origin, or trace it to Latin calamus "reed, cane."

中文词源

caramel：焦糖

来自拉丁词cannamellis, 见cane, 甘蔗，-mel, 糖，见molasses。鼻音字母n在m前流音化成r, 比较charm, germane.

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