rodent的词源

英文词源

rodent

rodent: see rostrum

rodent (n.)

1835 (as an adjective 1833), from Modern Latin Rodentia, the order name, from Latin rodentem (nominative rodens), present participle of rodere "to gnaw, eat away," from PIE root *red- "to scrape, scratch, gnaw" (cognates: Sanskrit radati "scrapes, gnaws," radanah "tooth;" Latin radere "to scrape;" Welsh rhathu "scrape, polish"). Uncertain connection to Old English rætt (see rat (n.)).

中文词源

rodent：啮齿动物

来自拉丁语 Rodentia,啮齿动物目，来自拉丁语 rodere,咬，啃，来自 PIE*red,咬，抓，刮，词 源同 rat,raze,eraser.

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