curtsy的词源

英文词源

curtsy (n.)

1540s, "expression of respect," a variant of courtesy (q.v.). Specific meaning "a bending the knee and lowering the body as a gesture of respect" is from 1570s. Originally not exclusively feminine.

curtsy (v.)

1550s, from curtsy (n.). Related: Curtsied; curtsying.

中文词源

curtsy：屈膝礼

来知courtesy的拼写变体。

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