英语词源

• columnist 英文词源 columnist (n.) 1920, from column in the newspaper sense + -ist . 中文词源 columnist ：专栏作家 来自column,列，栏。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： columnist 词源， columnist 含义。
• column 英文词源 column column: [15] The notion underlying column is of ‘height, command, extremity’. It comes, via Old French colomne , from Latin columna ‘pillar’, which was probably a derivative of columen , culmen ‘top, summit’ (from which English also gets culminate ). It goes back ultimately to a base * kol -, * kel -, distant ancestor of English excel and hill . The word’s applica
• columbine 英文词源 columbine (n.) c. 1300, from Old French columbine "columbine," or directly from Medieval Latin columbina , from Late Latin columbina "verbena," fem. of Latin columbinus , literally "dove-like," from columba "dove." The inverted flower supposedly resembles a cluster of five doves. Also a fem. proper name; in Italian comedy, the name of the mistress of Harlequin. 中文词源 columbine ：
• colt 英文词源 colt (n.) Old English colt "colt," originally "young ass," in Biblical translations also used for "young camel," perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (cognates: Swedish dialectal kult "young boar, piglet; boy," Danish kuld "offspring, brood") and akin to child . Applied to persons from early 13c. COLT'S TOOTH An old fellow who marries, or keeps a young girl, is ſaid to have a colt's t
• colorant 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random beside beside: [13] Beside was a Middle English lexicalization of the Old English phrase be sīdan , literally ‘by the side of’. The - s of besides is a survival of the genitive ending added to certain adverbs in the Old English and early Middle English period (such as always ). The metaphorical beside oneself originated in
• colostrum 英文词源 colostrum (n.) 1570s, from Latin colostrum "first milk from an animal," which is of unknown origin. 中文词源 colostrum ：初乳 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： colostrum 词源， colostrum 含义。
• colostomy 英文词源 colostomy (n.) 1888, from colon (n.2) + Modern Latin -stoma "opening, orifice," from Greek stoma "opening, mouth" (see stoma ). 中文词源 colostomy ：结肠造口术 colon, 结肠。-stoma, 口，词源同stomach,胃。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： colostomy 词源， colostomy 含义。
• colossus 英文词源 colossus (n.) "gigantic statue," late 14c., from Latin colossus "a statue larger than life," from Greek kolossos "gigantic statue," which is of unknown origin, used by Herodotus of giant Egyptian statues, and used by Romans of the bronze Helios at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes. Figurative sense of "any thing of awesome greatness or vastness" is from 1794. 中文词源 colossus ：
• colorfast 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pusillanimous pusillanimous: [16] Pusillanimous means etymologically ‘tiny-spirited’. It comes from late Latin pūsillanimis , a compound adjective formed from pūsillus ‘very small or weak’ (a descendant of the same base as produced Latin puer ‘child, boy’, source of English puerile ) and animus ‘mind, spirit’ (
• coloratura 英文词源 coloratura (n.) "Ornamental passages, roulades, embellishments, etc., in vocal music" [Elson], 1740, from Italian coloratura , literally "coloring," from Late Latin coloratura , from colorare "to color," from color (see color (n.)). 中文词源 coloratura ：花腔 来自color, 颜色，增色。词义演变比较chromatic, 色彩的，半音阶的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• coloration 英文词源 coloration (n.) 1620s, from French coloration (16c.), from Late Latin colorationem (nominative coloratio ) "act or fact of coloring," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin colorare "to color, to get tanned," from color (see color (n.)). 中文词源 coloration ：自然色彩 来自color, 颜色。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coloration 词源，
• color 英文词源 color (n.) early 13c., "skin color, complexion," from Old French color "color, complexion, appearance" (Modern French couleur ), from Latin color "color of the skin; color in general, hue; appearance," from Old Latin colos , originally "a covering" (akin to celare "to hide, conceal"), from PIE root *kel- (2) "to cover, conceal" (see cell ). For sense evolution, compare Sanskrit varnah
• colony 英文词源 colony colony: [16] Etymologically, a colony is a ‘settled land’. The word goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base * qwel -, * qwol -, which signified ‘move around’ (it is the source of English cycle and wheel ) and hence ‘move habitually in, settle in, inhabit’. One of the descendants of this base was Latin colere ‘inhabit, cultivate’. Thus someone who settled
• colonnade 英文词源 colonnade (n.) 1718, from French colonnade , from Italian colonnato , from colonna "column," from Latin columna "pillar" (see column ). 中文词源 colonnade ：柱廊 词源同column, 柱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： colonnade 词源， colonnade 含义。
• colonize 英文词源 colonize (v.) 1620s, "to settle with colonists," from stem of Latin colonus "tiller of the soil, farmer" (see colony ); in sense "to make another place into a national dependency" without regard for settlement there by 1790s (such as in reference to French activity in Egypt or British work in India), and probably directly from colony . No principle ought ever to be tolerated or acted
• colonic 英文词源 colonic (adj.) 1906, from colon (n.2) + adjectival ending -ic . 中文词源 colonic ：结肠 来自colon, 结肠。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： colonic 词源， colonic 含义。
• colonial 英文词源 colonial (adj.) 1756, from Latin colonia (see colony ) + -al (1), or directly from colony on model of baronoinal . Meaning "from or characteristic of America during colonial times" is from 1776. The noun meaning "inhabitant of a colony" is recorded from 1865. 中文词源 colonial ：殖民的 来自colony, 殖民，聚居。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： colo
• colonel 英文词源 colonel colonel: [17] Historically, a colonel was so called because he commanded the company at the head of a regiment, known in Italian as the compagna colonnella , literally the ‘little-column company’; hence the commander himself took the title colonnella . The word colonnella is a diminutive form of colonna , which is descended from Latin columna ‘pillar’ (source of Englis
• colon 英文词源 colon colon: There are two distinct words colon in English. Colon ‘part of the large intestine’ [16] comes via Latin from Greek kólon , which meant ‘food, meat’ as well as ‘large intestine’. Colon the punctuation mark [16] comes via Latin from Greek kōlon , which originally meant literally ‘limb’. It was applied metaphorically (rather like foot ) to a ‘unit of vers
• colobus 英文词源 colobus "A slender leaf-eating African monkey with silky fur, a long tail, and very small or absent thumbs", Modern Latin, from Greek kolobos 'cut short'. 中文词源 colobus ：疣猴 来自希腊文kolobos, 砍短，进一步来自PIE*skel, 砍，劈，词源同cleave, scale. 因其拇指退化成一个小疣，仿如被剪掉而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• collywobbles 英文词源 collywobbles (n.) 1823, fanciful formation from colic and wobble . 中文词源 collywobbles ：紧张，担心 来自colic和wobble的合成词，字面意思即胃痛，不安。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： collywobbles 词源， collywobbles 含义。
• collusion 英文词源 collusion (n.) late 14c., from Old French collusion , from Latin collusionem (nominative collusio ) "act of colluding," from colludere , from com- "together" (see com- ) + ludere "to play," from ludus "game" (see ludicrous ). "The notion of fraud or underhandedness is essential to collusion" [Fowler]. 中文词源 collusion ：密谋 来自collude, 密度。 该词的英语词源请访问
• collude 英文词源 collude (v.) 1520s, from Latin colludere "act collusively," literally "to play with" (see collusion ). Related: Colluded ; colluding . 中文词源 collude ：密谋 col-, 强调。-lud, 玩耍，戏弄，词源同allude, ludicrous. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： collude 词源， collude 含义。
• colloquium 英文词源 colloquium (n.) early 17c., "conversation, dialogue," from Latin colloquium "conversation" (see colloquy ). Also as a legal term; meaning "meeting, assembly, conference, seminar" is attested from 1844. 中文词源 colloquium ：学术研讨会 col-, 强调。-loq, 说话，词源同locution, loquacious. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： colloquium 词源， collo
• colloquial 英文词源 colloquial colloquial: see ventriloquist colloquial (adj.) "spoken," 1751, from colloquy "a conversation" + -al (1). Related: Colloquially . 中文词源 colloquial ：口语的 col-, 强调。-loq, 说话，词源同locution, loquacious. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： colloquial 词源， colloquial 含义。 colloquial ：口语的 词根词缀： col-共同
• collocate 英文词源 collocate (v.) 1510s, from Latin collocatus , past participle of collocare "to arrange, place together, set in a place," from com- "together" (see com- ) + locare "to place" (see locate ). Meaning "conference, consultation" is mid-14c. Related: collocated ; collocating . 中文词源 collocate ：搭配 col-, 强调。-loc, 放置，位于，见locate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• collision 英文词源 collision (n.) early 15c., from Middle French collision (15c.), from Latin collisionem (nominative collisio ) "a dashing together," noun of action from collidere (see collide ). 中文词源 collision ：碰撞 来自collide,碰撞。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： collision 词源， collision 含义。
• colligate 英文词源 colligate (v.) 1540s, from Latin colligatus , past participle of colligare "to bind together," from com- "together" (see com- ) + ligare "to bind" (see ligament ). As a concept in logic, from 1837; in linguistics, from 1953. Related: Colligation . 中文词源 colligate ：使联结 col-, 强调。-lig, 绑定，见liable, ligature. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• colliery 英文词源 colliery colliery: see coal colliery (n.) 1630s, "coal mine," see collier + -y (1). 中文词源 colliery ：煤矿 来自coal, 煤，煤炭。-ery, 表地点。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： colliery 词源， colliery 含义。
• collier 英文词源 collier (n.) late 13c., collere "charcoal maker and seller," agent noun from Middle English col (see coal ). They were notorious for cheating their customers. Sense of "ship for hauling coal" is from 1620s. 中文词源 collier ：运煤船 来自coal, 煤，煤炭。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： collier 词源， collier 含义。 collier ：矿工；运煤船
• collie 英文词源 collie collie: see coal collie (n.) 1650s, possibly from dialectal coaly "coal-black," the color of some breeds (compare colley , "sheep with black face and legs," attested from 1793; Middle English colfox , "coal-fox," a variety of fox with tail and both ears tipped with black; and colley , Somerset dialectal name for "blackbird"). Or from Scandinavian proper name Colle , which is kn
• collide 英文词源 collide collide: [17] Collide comes from Latin collīdere , a compound verb formed from com - ‘together’ and laedere ‘injure by striking’. Other English descendants of laedere are elide and lesion . = elide , lesion collide (v.) 1620s, from Latin collidere "strike together," from com- "together" (see com- ) + laedere "to strike, injure by striking," which is of unknown origin.
• colleen 英文词源 Colleen fem. proper name, from Irish cailin "girl," diminutive of caile "girl, woman." 中文词源 colleen ：少妇 来自爱尔兰语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： colleen 词源， colleen 含义。
• collector 英文词源 collector (n.) late 14c., "gatherer of taxes, etc.," from Anglo-French collectour "collector" (of money or taxes; Old French collector , Modern French collecteur ), from Late Latin collector , agent noun from colligere (see collect ). Fem. form collectress is attested from 1825. 中文词源 collector ：收集者，地方行政长官 来自collect, 收集，集中。词义由收税者外
• collectivism 英文词源 collectivism (n.) 1880, in socialist theory, from collective + -ism . Related: Collectivist (1882 as both noun and adjective); collectivization (1890). 中文词源 collectivism ：集体主义 来自collect, 收集，集中。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： collectivism 词源， collectivism 含义。
• collect 英文词源 collect collect: [16] Collect comes via French collecter or medieval Latin collēctāre from collēct -, the past participial stem of Latin colligere ‘gather together’, a compound verb formed from com - ‘together’ and legere ‘gather’ (source also of English elect , neglect , and select and, from its secondary meaning ‘read’, lecture and legible ). The specialized noun
• colleague 英文词源 colleague colleague: [16] A colleague is literally ‘one chosen or delegated to be or work with another’. It comes via French collègue from Latin collēga , a compound noun formed from com - ‘with’ and lēg -, the stem of lēgāre ‘choose’ (whence also English legation and delegate ) and lēx ‘law’ (source of English legal , legitimate , etc). Despite the similarity in
• collateral 英文词源 collateral (adj.) late 14c., "accompanying," also "descended from the same stock," from Old French collateral (13c.), from Medieval Latin collateralis "accompanying," literally "side by side," from Latin com- "together" (see com- ) + lateralis "of the side," from latus "a side" (see oblate (n.)). Literal sense of "parallel, along the side of" attested in English from mid-15c. Related:
• collate 英文词源 collate (v.) 1610s, from Latin collatus , irregular past participle of conferre "to bring together," from com- "together" (see com- ) + latus (see oblate (n.)), serving as past participle of ferre "to bear" (see infer ). Related: Collated ; collating . 中文词源 collate ：核对 col-, 强调。-lat, 带来，词源同relate, translate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• collard greens 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random child child: [OE] For a word of so central importance, child is surprisingly isolated, having no known living relatives in other Germanic languages. Its prehistoric Germanic ancestor has been reconstructed as * kiltham , which some have linked with Gothic kilthei ‘womb’ and even with Sanskrit jathara ‘belly’. The plural
• collar 英文词源 collar collar: [13] Etymologically, a collar is simply something worn round one’s ‘neck’. The word comes via Anglo-Norman coler from Latin collāre , which meant ‘necklace’ as well as ‘part of a garment that encircles the neck’ (both senses have come through into English, although the latter has predominated). Collāre was a derivative of collum ‘neck’, which came fr
• collapse 英文词源 collapse (v.) 1732, from Latin collapsus , past participle of collabi "fall together," from com- "together" (see com- ) + labi "to fall, slip" (see lapse (n.)). The adjective collapsed is attested from c. 1600, from Latin collapsus , and perhaps this suggested a verb. Related: Collapsing . collapse (n.) 1801, from collapse (v.). 中文词源 collapse ：倒塌 col-, 强调。-lapse, 滑
• collagen 英文词源 collagen (n.) structural protein of connective tissue, 1843, from French collagène , from Greek kolla "glue" + -gen "giving birth to" (see -gen ). 中文词源 collagen ：胶原 coll, 胶，词源同cling, glue. -gen, 产生，词源同antigen, generate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： collagen 词源， collagen 含义。
• collage 英文词源 collage (n.) 1919, from French collage "a pasting," from Old French coller "to glue," from Greek kolla "glue." Earliest reference is in Wyndham Lewis. 中文词源 collage ：拼贴画 coll, 胶，词源同cling, glue, 指粘到一起的画。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： collage 词源， collage 含义。
• collaborate 英文词源 collaborate (v.) 1871, back-formation from collaborator . Given a bad sense in World War II. Related: Collaborated ; collaborating . 中文词源 collaborate ：协作 col-, 强调。-labor, 劳作。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： collaborate 词源， collaborate 含义。 collaborate ：合作，协作；勾结 词根词缀： col-共同,一起 + -labor-工作
• colitis 英文词源 colitis (n.) 1860, from comb. form of colon (n.2) + -itis "inflammation." 中文词源 colitis ：结肠炎 colon, 结肠。-itis, 炎症。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： colitis 词源， colitis 含义。
• colic 英文词源 colic (n.) "disease characterized by severe abdominal pain," early 15c., from Late Latin colicus "pertaining to colic," from Greek kolikos , belonging to the kolon "lower intestine" (see colon (n.2)). The word was used in English late 14c. as an adjective, "affecting the colon." Related: Colicky (1742). 中文词源 colic ：急性腹痛 来自colon, 结肠。 该词的英语词源请访
• coley 英文词源 coley "Another term for saithe", 1960s: perhaps from coalfish. 中文词源 coley ：绿青鳕 来自coalfish的缩写，因其墨绿色的外形而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coley 词源， coley 含义。
• coleslaw 英文词源 coleslaw coleslaw: [18] Cole is an ancient and now little used English word for plants of the cabbage family, such as cabbage or rape (it comes ultimately from Latin caulis ‘cabbage’, whose underlying meaning was ‘hollow stem’ – see CAULIFLOWER). It was used in the partial translation of Dutch koolsla when that word was borrowed into English in the late 18th century. Kool ,
• cold turkey 英文词源 cold turkey "without preparation," 1910; narrower sense of "withdrawal from an addictive substance" (originally heroin) first recorded 1921. Cold turkey is a food that requires little preparation, so "to quit like cold turkey" is to do so suddenly and without preparation. Compare cold shoulder . 中文词源 cold turkey ：冷火鸡疗法，突然戒毒法 比喻用语，冷火鸡类似
• cold-shoulder 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ligament ligament: see liable 中文词源 cold-shoulder ：冷肩，冷落 比喻用语。冷肩指羊肉冷肩肉，通常认为是给穷人吃的，或打发不受欢迎的客人用的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cold-shoulder 词源， cold-shoulder 含义。
• cold 英文词源 cold cold: [OE] Cold is a word of ancient roots. It can be traced back to the Indo-European base * gel -, * gol -, which also produced Latin gelu ‘frost’, ultimate source of English congeal , gel , and jelly . Its prehistoric Germanic descendant was * kal -, * kōl -, from which English gets cool , probably chill , and, via a past participial adjective * kaldaz , cold . The noun u
• colander 英文词源 colander colander: [14] Colander probably comes ultimately from Latin colum ‘sieve’. From this was derived the verb cōlāre ‘strain’, which produced a Vulgar Latin noun * cōlātor . This is assumed to have passed into Old Provençal as colador , which appears to have been the source of early English forms such as culdor - and culatre . The n is a purely English innovation. =
• cola 英文词源 cola (n.) 1795, genus of trees native to west Africa and introduced in New World tropics, Latinized form of a West African name of the tree (compare Temne kola , Mandingo kolo ). Meaning "carbonated soft drink" is 1920, short for Coca-Cola , Pepsi-Cola . 中文词源 cola ：可乐 来自西非某土著语言，其果实为Coca-Cola重要原材料。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• col 英文词源 col "The lowest point of a ridge or saddle between two peaks, typically providing a pass from one side of a mountain range to another", Mid 19th century: from French, literally 'neck', from Latin collum . 中文词源 col ：山口 词源同collar, 领口，咽喉。因其扼两山之咽喉而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： col 词源， col 含义。
• coke 英文词源 coke (n.2) shortened form of cocaine , 1908, American English. coke (n.1) "residue of fuel," 1690s, northern English dialect, perhaps a variant of Middle English colke "core, charcoal" (c. 1400), itself possibly related to -colc , an Old English word for "pit," which perhaps would give it a sense of "what is left in the pit after a fire." Coke soft drink, 1909, shortening of brand nam
• coitus 英文词源 coitus coitus: see exit coitus (n.) "copulation," 1713, scientific Latin, from Latin coitus "a meeting together; sexual union," past participle of coire , from com- "together" (see co- ) + ire "come, go," (see ion ). In Middle English as coite (early 15c.). Used in English in general senses of "meeting, uniting," and also of magnetic force, planetary conjunction, etc., before sexual s
• coir 英文词源 coir (n.) "prepared coconut fiber," 1580s, from Malayalam kayar "cord," from kayaru "to be twisted." 中文词源 coir ：椰壳粗纤维 来自南印度语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coir 词源， coir 含义。
• coincidental 英文词源 coincidental (adj.) c. 1800, from coincident + -al (1). 中文词源 coincidental ：偶然的 来自coincide, 同时发生。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coincidental 词源， coincidental 含义。 coincidental ：巧合的，偶然的 词根词缀： co-共同 + in-加强意义 + -cid-降临/发生 + -ent形容词词尾 + -al 形容词词尾
• coincide 英文词源 coincide (v.) 1705, "be identical in substance or nature," but from 1640s as a verb in English in Latin form, "occupy the same space, agree in position," from Medieval Latin coincidere (used in astrology), literally "to fall upon together," from Latin com- "together" (see co- ) + incidere "to fall upon" ( in- "upon" + cadere "to fall;" see case (n.1)). From 1809 as "occur at the same
• coil 英文词源 coil coil: [16] Ultimately, coil , cull , and collect are the same word. All come from Latin colligere ‘gather together’. Its past participial stem produced collect , but the infinitive form passed into Old French as coillir , culler , etc, and thence into English. In the case of coil , its original general sense ‘gather, collect’ (of which there is no trace in English) was sp
• coiffure 英文词源 coiffure (n.) "style or fashion of wearing the hair," 1630s, from French coiffure , from coiffer (see coiffeur ). 中文词源 coiffure ：发型 来自拉丁词coifa, 头巾，帽子，词源可能同cap, cuff。后来指一种头巾式的发型。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coiffure 词源， coiffure 含义。
• cohort 英文词源 cohort cohort: [15] Etymologically, cohort is an ‘enclosed yard’. It comes via Old French cohorte from Latin cohors , a compound noun formed from the prefix com - ‘with’ and an element hort which also appears in Latin hortus ‘garden’ (source of English horticulture ) and is related to English garden , yard , and the second element of orchard . From the underlying sense of ‘
• cohesion 英文词源 cohesion (n.) 1670s, from French cohésion , from Latin cohaesionem (nominative cohaesio ) "a sticking together," noun of action from past participle stem of cohaerere "to stick together" (see cohere ). 中文词源 cohesion ：凝聚性 co-, 强调。-her, 粘结，词源同adhere, hesitate. -s,过去分词格。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cohesion 词源，
• cohere 英文词源 cohere (v.) 1590s, from Latin cohaerere "to cleave together," in transferred use, "be coherent or consistent," from com- "together" (see co- ) + haerere "to stick" (see hesitation ). Related: Cohered ; cohering . 中文词源 cohere ：连贯，使有条理性 co-, 强调。-her, 粘结，词源同adhere, hesitate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cohere 词源，
• cohabit 英文词源 cohabit (v.) euphemism since 1530s to describe a couple living together without benefit of marriage; back-formation from cohabitation . Related: Cohabited ; cohabiting . 中文词源 cohabit ：同居 co-, 强调。-habit, 居住，见habitat. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cohabit 词源， cohabit 含义。 cohabit ：(男女)同居(尤指未婚而同居者) 词
• cogwheel 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random junction junction: see join 中文词源 cogwheel ：齿轮 来自cog和wheel的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cogwheel 词源， cogwheel 含义。
• cognoscenti 英文词源 cognoscenti (n.) plural of cognoscente (q.v.). 中文词源 cognoscenti ：专家 co-, 强调。-gn, 知道，了解，词源同can, know. -osce, 表起始，见adolescent. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cognoscenti 词源， cognoscenti 含义。
• cognition 英文词源 cognition (n.) mid-15c., "ability to comprehend," from Latin cognitionem (nominative cognitio ) "a getting to know, acquaintance, knowledge," noun of action from past participle stem of cognoscere (see cognizance ). 中文词源 cognition ：认知 co-, 强调。-gn, 知道，了解，词源同can, know. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cognition 词源， cognit
• cognate 英文词源 cognate cognate: see native cognate (adj.) 1640s, from Latin cognatus "of common descent," from com- "together" (see co- ) + gnatus , past participle of gnasci , older form of nasci "to be born" (see genus ). Words that are cognates are cousins, not siblings. As a noun, from 1754. 中文词源 cognate ：同源的 co-, 强调。-gn, 生育，词源同gene, generate. 该词的英语词源
• cognac 英文词源 cognac (n.) 1590s, Coniacke , "wine produced in Cognac ," the region in western France. The sense of "brandy" is 1755, shortened from 17c. cognac brandy , which was distilled from cognac wine. The place name is from Medieval Latin Comniacum , from the personal name Cominius and the Gallo-Roman suffix -acum . 中文词源 cognac ：科尼亚克白兰地酒 因产自法国Cognac而得名。
• cogitate 英文词源 cogitate (v.) late 16c., from Latin cogitatus , past participle of cogitare "to think" (see cogitation ). Related: Cogitated ; cogitating . 中文词源 cogitate ：慎重思考 co-, 强调。-ag, 驱动，做，思考，词源同agent. 此处反映了词根ag词义的多元性。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cogitate 词源， cogitate 含义。
• cogent 英文词源 cogent cogent: see squat cogent (adj.) 1650s, from French cogent "necessary, urgent" (14c.), from Latin cogentem (nominative cogens ), present participle of cogere "to curdle; to compel; to collect," literally "to drive together," from com- "together" (see co- ) + agere "to drive" (see act (n.)). 中文词源 cogent ：有说服力的 co-, 强调。-ag, 驱动，做，词源同agent. 该
• cog 英文词源 cog (n.) c. 1300, "cog wheel;" late 14c., "tooth on a wheel," probably a borrowing from a Scandinavian language (compare Norwegian kugg "cog") and cognate with Middle High German kugel "ball." 中文词源 cog ：轮齿 来自PIE*geu, 转，弯，大块，词源同cob, cudgel. 最终可能来自PIE*sker, 转，弯，词源同ring, curve. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• coffin 英文词源 coffin coffin: [14] Greek kóphinus meant ‘basket’. It passed via Latin cophinus into Old French, where it split into two words. Cofin came to mean ‘box, chest’ as well as ‘basket’, and it was with these senses that it was borrowed into English. The specific application to boxes for burial is not recorded before the early 16th century. The other Old French descendant of La
• coffer 英文词源 coffer (n.) mid-13c., from Old French cofre "a chest" (12c., Modern French coffre ), from Latin cophinus "basket" (see coffin ). 中文词源 coffer ：保险箱 来自cophinus, 篮子，现义来自于其引申词义。进一步可能来自PIE*sker, 编织，词源同cradle. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coffer 词源， coffer 含义。
• coffee 英文词源 coffee coffee: [16] The word coffee first reached us in a form which we would now recognize in the 17th century, probably via Italian caffè . It is ultimately, however, of Middle Eastern origin, and the earliest spellings recorded in English reflect this: chaoua , cauwa , kahue , cahve , etc are modelled closely on Turkish kahveh and its source, Arabic qahwah . Where the Arabic word
• coexist 英文词源 coexist (v.) 1670s, from co- + exist . Of political/economic systems (especially with reference to communism and the West) from 1931. Related: Coexisted ; coexisting . 中文词源 coexist ：共存 co-, 强调。-exist, 存在。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coexist 词源， coexist 含义。
• coeval 英文词源 coeval (adj.) "having the same age," formed in English early 17c. from Late Latin coaevus , from Latin com- "equal" (see co- ) + aevum "an age" (see eon ). As a noun from c. 1600. 中文词源 coeval ：同时代的 co-, 强调。-ev, 时间，时代，词源同age,longevity. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coeval 词源， coeval 含义。
• coerce 英文词源 coerce coerce: [17] The underlying etymological meaning of coerce is ‘restraining’ or ‘confining’. It comes from the Latin compound verb coercēre ‘constrain’, which was formed from the prefix co - ‘together’ and the verb arcēre ‘shut up, ward off’ (possibly a relative of Latin arca ‘chest, box’, from which English gets ark ). An earlier, 15th-century, form of
• coelacanth 英文词源 coelacanth (n.) 1857, from Modern Latin Coelacanthus (genus name, 1839, Agassiz), from Greek koilos "hollow" (from PIE root *kel- (2); see cell ) + akantha "spine" (see acrid ). So called from the hollow fin rays supporting the tail. Known only as a fossil, the most recent one from 70 million years ago, until discovered living in the sea off the east coast of South Africa Dec. 22, 193
• coefficient 英文词源 coefficient (n.) also co-efficient , c. 1600, from co- + efficient . Probably influenced by Modern Latin coefficiens , which was used in mathematics in 16c., introduced by French mathematician François Viète (1540-1603). As an adjective from 1660s. 中文词源 coefficient ：系数的 co-, 强调。efficient, 生效的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coeff
• codswallop 英文词源 codswallop (n.) said to be from 19c. (but first attested 1963), perhaps from wallop, British slang for "beer," and cod in one of its various senses, perhaps "testicles." 中文词源 codswallop ：胡说 可能来自cod,阴囊。wallop, 俚语义啤酒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： codswallop 词源， codswallop 含义。
• codpiece 英文词源 codpiece (n.) mid-15c., "a bagged appendage to the front of the breeches; often conspicuous" [OED], from Old English codd "a bag, pouch, husk," in Middle English, "testicles" (cognate with Old Norse koddi "pillow, scrotum") + piece (n.). 中文词源 codpiece ：遮阴布 cod, 阴囊。piece, 小块布。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： codpiece 词源， codpie
• codify 英文词源 codify (v.) c. 1800, from code (n.) + -fy . Related: codified ; codifying . 中文词源 codify ：把...编成法典 来自code, 法典。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： codify 词源， codify 含义。
• codicil 英文词源 codicil (n.) early 15c., from Middle French codicille , from Latin codicillus "a short writing, a small writing tablet," diminutive of codex (genitive codicis ), see code (n.). 中文词源 codicil ：遗嘱修改附录 来自code, 原义为记录，记载。-cil, 小词后缀。后成为法律术语，固定为现词义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： codici
• codger 英文词源 codger (n.) 1756, probably a variant of cadger "beggar" (see cadge (v.)), which is of unknown origin. 中文词源 codger ：老家伙 来自cadge, 乞讨。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： codger 词源， codger 含义。
• codependency 英文词源 codependent (adj.) also co-dependent , by 1905, in various senses, from co- + dependent . Modern psycological sense is attested from c. 1983. Related: Codependence , codependency . 中文词源 codependency ：互为依赖 co-, 强调。dependency, 依赖。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： codependency 词源， codependency 含义。
• codeine 英文词源 codeine (n.) alkaloid present in opium, 1838, from French codéine , coined, with chemical suffix -ine (2), from Greek kodeia "poppy head," related to kooz "prison," literally "hollow place;" kodon "bell, mouth of a trumpet;" koilos "hollow," from PIE root *kel- (2) "to cover, conceal" (see cell ). Originally codeina ; modern form is from 1881. 中文词源 codeine ：可待因 来自希
• code 英文词源 code code: [14] ‘System of secret communication signs’ is a relatively recent semantic development of the word code , which emerged in the early 19th century. It derived from an earlier sense ‘system of laws’, which was based on a specific application to various sets of statutes introduced by the Roman emperors. The word itself came from Old French code , a descendant of Latin