zebra的词源

英文词源

zebra (n.)

c. 1600, from Italian zebra, perhaps via Portuguese, earlier applied to a now-extinct wild ass, of uncertain origin, said to be Congolese [OED], or Amharic [Klein], but perhaps ultimately from Latin equiferus "wild horse," from equus "horse" (see equine) + ferus (see fierce). Related: Zebrine; zebroid.

中文词源

zebra：斑马

可能来自非洲刚果土著语。或来自葡萄牙语zebra,进一步来自ezebrario,最终来自拉丁语equiferus,野马，equi-,马，词源同equine,fer-,野的，词源同fierce.

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