reggae的词源

英文词源

reggae (n.)

1968, Jamaican English (first in song title "Do the Reggay" by Toots & the Maytals), perhaps [OED, Barnhart] related to rege-rege "a quarrel, protest," literally "ragged clothes," variant of raga-raga, alteration and reduplication of English rag (n.).

中文词源

reggae：雷盖乐

来自牙买加英语 rege,破布，争吵，词源同 rag,ragga.后用于这种音乐名称。

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