英文词源
- sobriquet (n.)
- 1640s, from French sobriquet "nickname," from Middle French soubriquet (15c.), which also meant "a jest, quip," and is said to have meant literally "a chuck under the chin" [Gamillscheg]; of unknown origin (first element perhaps from Latin sub "under").
中文词源
来自法语 sobriquet,来自中古法语 soubriquet,绰号，外号，词源不详。可能来自 sot,愚蠢的， briquette,无赖，恶棍，俚语，原义为小砖头，词源同 brick,砖头，-ette,小词后缀。拼写比较 souvenir.
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