cookie的词源

英文词源

cookie (n.)

1703, American English, from Dutch koekje "little cake," diminutive of koek "cake," from Middle Dutch koke (see cake (n.)). Slang application to persons attested since 1920. Phrase that's the way the cookie crumbles "that's the way things happen" is from 1957.

中文词源

cookie：饼干

cook, 同cake, 糕点。

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

cookie（曲奇）：小蛋糕

英语单词cookie来自荷兰语koekje，是koek (cake，蛋糕）的指小形式，意思就是“小蛋糕”。虽然cookie在拼写上与单词cook (烹调）十分接近，词源上也确实相关，但与单词 cake (蛋糕）血缘更近。