dicker的词源

英文词源

dicker (v.)

"haggle, bargain in a petty way," 1802, American English, perhaps from dicker (n.) "a unit or package of tens," especially hides (attested from late 13c.), perhaps from Latin decuria "parcel of ten" (supposedly a unit of barter on the Roman frontier; compare German Decher "set of ten things"), from decem "ten" (see ten) on model of centuria from centum.

中文词源

dicker：讨价还价

可能来自美国西部大开发时期，dicker, 十张毛皮，词源同ten. 当时的基本计量单位，引申义讨价还价。

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