isle的词源

英文词源

isle (n.)

late 13c., from Old French ile, earlier isle, from Latin insula "island," of uncertain origin, perhaps (as the Ancients guessed) from in salo "(that which is) in the sea," from ablative of salum "the open sea." The -s- was restored first in French, then in English in the late 1500s.

中文词源

isle：岛

缩写自拉丁语insula,岛，词源同insular.可能来自in,在里面，-sula,盐，海水，词源同salt.

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：isle 词源，isle 含义。

isle：小岛，岛

经由古法语ile来源于拉丁语insula(岛)。

词根词缀： -insul-岛 → isl + -e