clamp的词源

英文词源

clamp: clamp: see climb
clamp (n.): device for fastening, c. 1300, probably from clamb, perhaps originally past tense of climb (v.), or from Middle Dutch clampe (Dutch klamp), from West Germanic *klamp- "clamp, cleat;" cognate with Middle Low German klampe "clasp, hook," Old High German klampfer "clip, clamp;" also probably related to Middle Dutch klamme "a clamp, hook, grapple," Danish klamme "a clamp, cramp," Old English clamm "fetter;" see clam (n.).
clamp (v.): "to fasten with a clamp," 1670s, from clamp (n.). Related: Clamped; clamping.

来自PIE*glei,黏，粘，词源同clay,glue.词义外延至夹子，夹具等，比较clam,clasp,clip.

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