titmouse的词源

英文词源

titmouse

titmouse: see tit

titmouse (n.)

small, active bird, early 14c., titmose, from tit (n.2), expressing something small, + Old English mase "titmouse," from Proto-Germanic *maison (cognates: Dutch mees, German meise), from adj. *maisa- "little, tiny." Spelling influenced 16c. by unrelated mouse, "when mose had long been obsolete as an independent word" [OED]. The proper plural is titmouses.

中文词源

titmouse：山雀

来自中古英语 titmose,山雀，来自 tit,表小的动物或物体，古英语 mase,山雀，拼写受 mouse 影响俗化。

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