jujube的词源

英文词源

jujube (n.)

late 14c., "date-like fruit from a tree found in Asia," from Medieval Latin jujuba (plural), from Late Latin zizyphum, from zizyphus, an Asiatic tree with datelike fruit, from Greek zizyphon, from Persian zayzafun. The meaning "soft candy with date-like flavor" first recorded 1835.

中文词源

jujube：红枣，中国枣

来自拉丁语jujuba,来自希腊语zizzyphus,来自波斯语zayzafun,一种亚洲形似于西非海枣的水果，即中国枣，又称red date,Chinese date.

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