hyena的词源

英文词源

hyena

hyena: see sow

hyena (n.)

mid-14c., from Old French hiene, from Latin hyaena, from Greek hyaina "swine" (fem.), from hys "pig" + fem. suffix -aina. So called for its bristles. Applied to cruel, treacherous, and greedy persons since at least 1670s. Adjectival forms that have been attempted in English include hyenaish, hyenaesque, hyenic, hyenine.

中文词源

hyena：鬣狗

来自希腊语hyaina,猪，来自hys,猪，词源同swine,sow,-ena,表阴性或形容词后缀。后用于指鬣狗，因形似野猪而得名。

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