英文词源
- rotary (adj.)
- 1731, from Medieval Latin rotarius "pertaining to wheels," from Latin rota "a wheel, a potter's wheel; wheel for torture," from PIE root *ret- "to run, to turn, to roll" (cognates: Sanskrit rathah "car, chariot;" Avestan ratho; Lithuanian ratas "wheel," ritu "I roll;" Old High German rad, German Rad, Dutch rad, Old Frisian reth, Old Saxon rath, Old Irish roth, Welsh rhod "carriage wheel"). The international service club (founded by Paul P. Harris in Chicago in 1905) so called from the practice of clubs entertaining in rotation. Hence Rotarian (1911).
中文词源
来自拉丁语 rota,轮子，来自 PIE*ret,旋转，转动，词源同 round,roll,rotate.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：rotary 词源，rotary 含义。
来自拉丁语 rota,轮子，来自 PIE*ret,旋转，转动，词源同 round,roll,rotate.
