carrefour的词源
英文词源
- carrefour (n.)
- late 15c., "place where four ways meet," from Old French carrefor (13c., quarrefour), from Latin quadrifurcus "four-forked," from quatuor "four" (see four) + furca "fork" (see fork (n.)). "Formerly quite naturalized, but now treated only as French" [OED]. Englished variant carfax is from Middle English carfourkes.
中文词源
来自拉丁语quadrifurcus, 四路交叉口。quadr, 四,词源同four, quarter. -furc, 同fork.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:carrefour 词源,carrefour 含义。
法国著名连锁超市品牌家乐福的英文名称Carrefour来自古法语carrefor,源自拉丁语 quadrifurcus,由前缀quadr-(四)和furcus(=fork,分叉)组成,字面含义就是“四岔路口” 家乐福最早发源于法国阿纳西市一个位于十字路口的小店,故此得名。