英文词源
- equip
- equip: [16] Etymologically, equip means ‘fit out or provide crew for a ship’. Its immediate source was French équiper, but this appears to have been a borrowing from Old Norse skipa ‘fit out a ship’, a verb derived from skip ‘ship’ (first cousin of English ship). The carliest examples of its use in English are in the much broader sense ‘supply with necessary materials’, and its specific links with the sea were soon severed.
=> ship - equip (v.)
- 1520s, from Middle French équiper "to fit out," from Old French esquiper "fit out a ship, load on board" (12c.), probably from Old Norse skipa "arrange, place in order," usually "fit out a ship," but also of warriors manning a hall and trees laden with ripe fruit, from skip "ship" (see ship (n.)). Related: Equipped; equipping. Similar words in Spanish and Portuguese ultimately are from Germanic.
中文词源
来自古法语esquiper, 船的配备，装载，词源同ship. 拼写参照etude, study.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：equip 词源，equip 含义。
词源上，这个词是针对船舶而言的，即“装备船只，配备船员”；为什么呢？其古法语原型是esquiper，我们发现它原本含有的字母s在中途脱落了，其中-squip-本义即“船”，比较单词skipper（船长），二者同源；再进行k、h音变，skip-就成了单词ship（船）。
