compote的词源

英文词源

compote (n.)

1690s, from French compote "stewed fruit," from Old French composte (13c.) "mixture, compost," from Vulgar Latin *composita, fem. of compositus (see composite). Etymologically the same word as compost (n.).

中文词源

compote：蜜饯

来自法语。com-, 强调，-pos, 放置，词源同opponent, position.指把水果、糖等放在一起调制的。构成compost的对词，但词义产生差别。

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