marsupial的词源

英文词源

marsupial (adj.)

1690s, with -al (1) + Modern Latin marsupialis "having a pouch," coined from Late Latin marsupium "pouch, purse" (Classical Latin marsuppium), from Greek marsipion, diminutive of marsipos "bag, pouch," of foreign, possibly oriental, origin. As a noun from 1805.

中文词源

marsupial：有袋类动物

来自拉丁语marsupium,口袋，袋子。后用于指有袋类动物。

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