tarnish的词源

英文词源

tarnish (v.)

mid-15c. (transitive), from present participle stem of Middle French ternir "dull the luster or brightness of, make dim" (15c.), probably from Old French terne (adj.) "dull, dark," which according to Diez is from a Germanic source cognate with Old High German tarnjan "to conceal, hide," Old English dyrnan "to hide, darken," from Proto-Germanic *darnjaz (see dern), but there are difficulties of form, sense, and date. Intransitive sense from 1670s. Figurative sense is from 1690s. Related: Tarnished; tarnishing.

tarnish (n.)

1713, from tarnish (v.).

中文词源

tarnish：暗淡，使失去光泽，玷污，败坏

来自古法语 ternir,使暗淡，黯淡，来自 Proto-Germanic*darnijana,隐藏，来自 PIE*dher,固定， 握住，保护，词源同 darn,firm.引申诸相关词义。

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