coddle的词源

英文词源

coddle (v.)

c. 1600, "boil gently," probably from caudle "warm drink for invalids" (c. 1300), from Anglo-French caudel (c. 1300), ultimately from Latin calidium "warm drink, warm wine and water," neuter of calidus "hot," from calere "be warm" (see calorie). Verb meaning "treat tenderly" first recorded 1815 (in Jane Austen's "Emma"). Related: Coddled; coddling.

中文词源

coddle：溺爱

来自拉丁词calidium, 热饮，词源同calorie, 卡路里。后词义由温暖到溺爱。

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