blemish
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 污点,缺点
- vt.
- 弄脏,玷污,损害
演变路径(由近及远)
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 blemisshen
- 源自 ←古法语 blemir
- 源自 ←法兰克语 *blesmijan
- 源自 ←法兰克语 *blasmī “pale”
- 源自 ←原始日耳曼语 *blasaz “white, pale”
- 源自 ←原始印欧语 *bʰel- “to shine”
词源说明
From Middle English blemisshen, blemissen, from Old French blemiss-, stem of Old French blemir, blesmir (“make pale, injure, wound, bruise”) (French blêmir), from Old Frankish *blesmijan, *blasmijan (“to make pale”), from Old Frankish *blasmī (“pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“white, pale”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch bles (“white spot”), German blass (“pale”), Old English āblered (“bare, uncovered, bald, shaven”).