sorghum的词源

英文词源

sorghum (n.)

"Indian millet," 1590s, from Modern Latin Sorghum, the genus name, from Italian sorgo "a tall cereal grass," probably from Medieval Latin surgum, suricum (12c.), perhaps a variant of Latin syricum "Syrian," as in Syricum (gramen) "(grass) of Syria," from Syria, a possible source of the plant or its grain in ancient times.

中文词源

sorghum：高粱，高粱米

来自现代拉丁语植物属性名 Sorghum,来自意大利语 sorgo,高粱，来自拉丁语 syricum,叙利亚， 西亚国名。可能因这种植物产于叙利亚而得名。

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