vanilla的词源

英文词源

vanilla

vanilla: [17] A vanilla pod is etymologically a ‘little vagina’. The word was borrowed from Spanish vainilla, a diminutive form of vaina ‘sheath’ (the pod was so named because of its sheath-like shape). Vaina was descended from Latin vāgīna ‘sheath’, which came to be jokingly applied to the ‘female reproductive passage’ – hence English vagina [17].
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vanilla (n.)

1660s, "pod of the vanilla plant," from Spanish vainilla "vanilla plant," literally "little pod," diminutive of vaina "sheath," from Latin vagina "sheath of an ear of grain, hull of a plant" (see vagina). So called from the shape of the pods. European discovery 1521 by Hernando Cortes' soldiers on reconnaissance in southeastern Mexico. Meaning "flavoring extracted from the vanilla bean" is attested by 1728. Meaning "conventional, of ordinary sexual preferences" is 1970s, from notion of whiteness and the common choice of vanilla ice cream.

中文词源

vanilla：香草

来自拉丁语vagina,剑鞘，字母g脱落，-illa,小词后缀。因这种植物豆荚形如剑鞘而得名。

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

vanilla：香子兰（精）；香草（精）

vanilla是兰科热带植物，汉语名叫“香子兰”，俗称“香草”。西式点心几乎必备的香草精就是取自香子兰。vanilla一词来自西班牙语vaina 'sheath'（鞘）的指小词vainilla 'little sheath'（小鞘），而西班牙语vaina则源自拉丁语vāgīna 'sheath'（鞘）。顺便提一下，英语人体解剖学用语vagina（阴道）就是直接借自拉丁语的这个词的。它开初只是作为戏称用于此义，因其亦属鞘状物。

vanilla：香草

来自拉丁语 vagina,剑鞘，字母 g 脱落，-illa,小词后缀。因这种植物豆荚形如剑鞘而得名。