tiller的词源

英文词源

tiller

tiller: see toil

tiller (n.1)

mid-14c., "stock of a crossbow," from Old French telier "stock of a crossbow" (c. 1200), originally "weaver's beam," from Medieval Latin telarium, from Latin tela "web; loom," from PIE *teks-la-, from root *teks- "to weave" (see texture (n.)). Meaning "bar to turn the rudder of a boat" first recorded 1620s.

tiller (n.2)

"one who tills," mid-13c., from till (v.).

中文词源

tiller：小船的舵柄，农夫

来自古法语 tilier,弓弩的握柄，织工织布的把手，来自拉丁语 tela,网，织布机，来自 PIE*teks-la, 来自*teks,编织，纺织，词源同 texture,toiletry.后引申词义小船的舵柄，拼写比较 regulate,rule. 另一词义农夫来自 till,耕地，犁地。

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