commensal的词源

英文词源

commensal (n.)

"one who eats at the same table" (as another), c. 1400, from Old French commensal (15c.), from Medieval Latin commensalis, from com- "together" (see com-) + mensa (genitive mensalis) "table" (see mesa). Biological sense attested from 1870.

中文词源

commensal：共栖

com-, 强调。-mensa, 桌子，见mesa.原指一张桌子上吃饭的人。

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