tiger的词源
英文词源
- tiger
- tiger: [13] English got tiger via Old French tigre and Latin tigris from Greek tígris, a word presumably of oriental origin. It was originally taken over directly from Latin in the Old English period as tigras, but this did not survive.
- tiger (n.)
- Old English tigras (plural), also in part from Old French tigre "tiger" (mid-12c.), both from Latin tigris "tiger," from Greek tigris, possibly from an Iranian source akin to Old Persian tigra- "sharp, pointed," Avestan tighri- "arrow," in reference to its springing on its prey, "but no application of either word, or any derivative, to the tiger is known in Zend." [OED]. Of tiger-like persons from c. 1500. The meaning "shriek or howl at the end of a cheer" is recorded from 1845, American English, and is variously explained. Tiger's-eye "yellowish-brown quartz" is recorded from 1886.
中文词源
来自拉丁语 tigris,老虎，来自希腊语 tigris,老虎，其原义为箭，因老虎捕食猎物时箭一般的 速度而得名，该希腊词借自波斯某语言，如古波斯语 tigri,箭，伊拉克巴比伦文明两河流域 发源地其中之一 Tigris River,底格里斯河，字面意思为像箭一样湍急的水流，最终来自 PIE*steig,尖刺，刺穿，词源同 stick.
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来自拉丁语 tigris,老虎，来自希腊语 tigris,老虎，其原义为箭，因老虎捕食猎物时箭一般的 速度而得名，该希腊词借自波斯某语言，如古波斯语 tigri,箭，伊拉克巴比伦文明两河流域 发源地其中之一 Tigris River,底格里斯河，字面意思为像箭一样湍急的水流，最终来自 PIE*steig,尖刺，刺穿，词源同 stick.
