truncheon的词源

英文词源

truncheon (n.)

c. 1300, "shaft of a spear," also "short stick, cudgel," from Old North French tronchon, Old French tronchon (11c., Modern French tronçon) "a piece cut off, thick stick, stump," from Vulgar Latin *truncionem (nominative *truncio), from Latin truncus "trunk of a tree" (see trunk). Meaning "staff as a symbol of office" is recorded from 1570s; sense of "policeman's club" is recorded from 1880.

中文词源

truncheon：警棍

来自拉丁语 truncus,树干，词源同 trunk.-on,小词后缀。字面意思即小树干，引申词义警棍。

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