crayon的词源

英文词源

crayon (n.)

1640s, from French crayon "pencil" (16c.), originally "chalk pencil," from craie "chalk," from Latin creta "chalk, pipe-clay," which is of unknown origin. Not now considered to mean "Cretan earth," as once was believed.

中文词源

crayon：彩色粉笔

来自拉丁词creta, 粉笔，石灰，见Cretaceous, 白垩纪。

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