sobriquet的词源

英文词源

sobriquet (n.)

1640s, from French sobriquet "nickname," from Middle French soubriquet (15c.), which also meant "a jest, quip," and is said to have meant literally "a chuck under the chin" [Gamillscheg]; of unknown origin (first element perhaps from Latin sub "under").

中文词源

sobriquet：绰号，外号

来自法语 sobriquet,来自中古法语 soubriquet,绰号，外号，词源不详。可能来自 sot,愚蠢的， briquette,无赖，恶棍，俚语，原义为小砖头，词源同 brick,砖头，-ette,小词后缀。拼写比较 souvenir.

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