turnip的词源

英文词源

turnip

turnip: [16] Etymologically, a turnip may be a ‘turned neep’ – that is, a neep, or turnip, that has been ‘turned’ on a lathe, so as to be round (the turnip is a roughly spherical vegetable). Its second syllable, -nip, goes back ultimately to Latin nāpus ‘turnip’, which was adopted by Old English as nǣp. It survives in Scottish English as neep, which is used for ‘swedes’ as well as ‘turnips’. The linking of the first syllable with turn is purely conjectural, and has never been definitely established.
=> neep

turnip (n.)

c. 1500, turnepe, probably from turn (from its shape, as though turned on a lathe) + Middle English nepe "turnip," from Old English næp, from Latin napus "turnip." The modern form of the word emerged late 18c.

中文词源

turnip：萝卜，芜青

-nip即neep,所以从词源上讲,turnnip即为“旋转的neep”; neep来源于拉丁语napus(萝卜)。

同源词：neep

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：turnip 词源，turnip 含义。

turnip：蔓菁，芜菁

一种类似萝卜的根茎植物，来自中古英语 turnape,蔓菁，芜菁，可能来自 turn,旋转，neep, 萝卜。

turnip（芜菁）：圆形的萝卜

芜菁别名“大头菜”外型酷似萝卜，地下有圆形或椭圆形直根。它的英文名称turnip 来自古英语，由turn (转动）和neep (萝卜）组成，字面意思就是“转动而成的萝卜”因 为这种蔬菜的根茎是圆形的，就是在车床上转动削出来的。