squaw的词源

英文词源

squaw (n.)

"American Indian woman," 1630s, from Massachuset (Algonquian) squa "woman" (cognate with Narraganset squaws "woman"). "Over the years it has come to have a derogatory sense and is now considered offensive by many Native Americans" [Bright]. Widespread in U.S. place names, sometimes as a translation of a local native word for "woman."

中文词源

squaw：印第安女人

来自印第安土著语 squa,女人。含强烈的讽刺或调侃意味。

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：squaw 词源，squaw 含义。