meek的词源

英文词源

meek: meek: see muck
meek (adj.): c. 1200, "gentle, quiet, unaggressive; benevolent, kind; courteous, humble, unassuming;" of a woman, "modest," from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse mjukr "soft, pliant, gentle," from Proto-Germanic *meukaz (cognates: Gothic muka-modei "humility," Dutch muik "soft"), of uncertain origin, perhaps from PIE *meug- "slippery, slimy." In the Bible, it translates Latin mansuetus from Vulgate (see mansuetude). Sense of "submissive" is from mid-14c.
meek (n.): "those who are meek," c. 1200, from meek (adj.).

来自Proto-Germanic*meukaz,柔软的，谦逊的，来自PIE*meug,滑的，黏的，词源同mucus,muggy.后引申词义温顺的，谦恭的等，通常用以形容女人有礼貌。

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