carob的词源

英文词源

carob (n.)

1540s, from French carobe, ultimately from Arabic kharrub "locust bean pod" (also in Persian as khirnub), perhaps from Assyrian kharubu or Aramaic kharubha "carob tree, carob," related to Hebrew harubh.

中文词源

carob：角豆树

词源同horn, 因角豆树豆荚形如角状而得名。该豆因其重量的稳定性，在古代常用来称量黄金或宝石。

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