单词 | tumbleset |
释义 | tumbleset tumbleset AHD: [t¾m“b…l-sµt”] D.J. [6tJmb*l7set]K.K. [6tJmb*l7sWt]n.Lower Southern U.S. (名词)【美国南端】 See somersault 参见 somersault 语源:1. Blend of tumble 混合了 tumble2. somerset alteration of somersaut variant of somersault somerset somersaut的变化 somersault的变体注释:The Lower Southern wordtumbleset for somersault combines tumble with -set, which at first glanceseems not to have any relationship to-sault in somersault. However,-set is an old l -less variant of -sault (from Latin saltus, “a leap”) that has been an alternative pronunciation throughout the word's history;hence, the variantsomerset. Somer- is an alteration of Old French sobre-, from Latin supra, “over.” In the wordtumbleset, as in a folk etymology, somer-, part of a compound word that no longer bears any meaning for the speakers, has been replaced bytumble, a word that makes more sense in the context. 替代somersault 一词的下南部词 tumbleset 是 tumble 和 -set 的组合。 乍一看,后缀-set好象与somersaut 中的 -sault 毫无联系。 然而,-set 却是不带 l 的 -sault (来自拉丁语 saltus ,“跳跃”,)的古老变体, 并一直是该词的替代读音;于是便有了somerset 这一变体。 somer- 是来自拉丁语 supra (“越过”)的古法语 sobre- 的变体。 就象在通俗语源学中一样,在tumbleset 一词中, somer- 作为不再为讲话者表达任何意义的复合词的一部分, 已经被一个在上下之中有更多意义的词tumble 所替代 |
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