sprinkle的词源

英文词源

sprinkle (v.)

late 14c. (implied in sprinkled), frequentative of sprenge (see spring (v.)) or via Middle Dutch, Middle Low German sprenkel "spot, speck," from PIE root *(s)preg- "to jerk, scatter" (cognates: Latin spargere "to scatter, sprinkle"). The meaning "rain lightly" is first recorded 1778.

中文词源

sprinkle：撒，洒，喷

来自 PIE*spreg,播，洒，溅，词源同 spark,spread,sperm.-le,表反复。

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