英文词源
- molt (v.)
- also moult, mid-14c., mouten, of feathers, "to be shed," from Old English *mutian "to change" (in bemutian "to exchange"), from Latin mutare "to change" (see mutable). Transitive sense, of birds, "to shed feathers" is first attested 1520s. With parasitic -l-, late 16c., on model of fault, etc. Related: Molted, moulted; molting, moulting. As a noun from 1815.
中文词源
来自拉丁语mutare,改变，词源同mutate,mutable.后引申词义换羽，插入字母l可能是缓和语音需要，或受到mold,fault等词的影响。
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