nubile的词源

英文词源

nubile

nubile: [17] In modern English, nubile is generally used as a facetious synonym for ‘sexy, attractive’, but etymologically it means ‘suitable for marriage’. It comes from Latin nūbilis, a derivative of nūbere ‘take a husband’. This has also given English nuptial [15] and connubial [17], and is related to nymph.
=> connubial, nuptial, nymph

nubile (adj.)

1640s, "marriageable" (said of a woman), from French nubile (16c.) or directly from Latin nubilis "marriageable," from stem of nubere "take as husband" (see nuptial). In sense of "young and sexually attractive" from 1973. Related: Nubility.

中文词源

nubile：适婚的，迷人的

来自拉丁语nubo,结婚，新婚，来自PIE*sne,缝纫，编织，词源同needle,net.引申词义结合，结婚。即如将要结婚的新娘，美丽的，迷人的。

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