casino的词源

英文词源

casino (n.)

1744, "public room for music or dancing," from Italian casino, literally "a little house," diminutive of casa "house," from Latin casa "hut, cottage, cabin," which is of uncertain origin. The card game (also cassino) is attested by that name from 1792. Specifically as "building for aristocratic gambling" by 1820, first in an Italian context.

[T]he term Casino [is] indiscriminately applied to a set of farm offices, a country-seat, a gambling house, and a game of cards ... [Jane Waldie Watts, "Sketches Descriptive of Italy in the Years 1816 and 1817," London 1820]

中文词源

casino（赌场）：意大利的聚众娱乐的小屋

英语单词casino来自意大利语，本意是“小房子”，是casa（房子）的指小形式。在意大利语中，casino原本指的是意大利乡间小屋，类似乡村俱乐部。人们聚集在这里面唱歌、跳舞、赌博，进行各种娱乐活动。后来，赌博的人越来越多，逐渐成为了casino里面最主要的娱乐形式，casino也就变成了赌场。

casino：[kə'siːnəʊ] n.赌场，俱乐部，娱乐城

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：casino 词源，casino 含义。

casino：赌场

来自拉丁词casa, 小屋子，词源同chalet。