joss stick的词源

英文词源

joss (n.)

"Chinese figure of a deity," 1711, from Chinese Pidgin English, from Javanese dejos, taken 16c. from Portuguese deus "god," from Latin deus (see Zeus). Colloquially, it came to mean "luck." Joss stick "Chinese incense" first recorded 1883.

中文词源

joss stick：香，神香

来自洋泾滨英语，来自葡萄牙语deus,神，来自拉丁语deus,神，词源同deity,Zeus.用来指中国的神。比较joss paper,纸钱，joss house,祖庙，宗祠。

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