child
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 孩子，产物，追随者
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演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English child, from Old English ċild, from Proto-West Germanic *kilþ, *kelþ, from Proto-Germanic *kelþaz (“womb; fetus”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵelt- (“womb”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up, amass”).
Cognate with Danish kuld (“brood, litter”), Swedish kull (“brood, litter”), Icelandic kelta, kjalta (“lap”), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (kilþei, “womb”), Sanskrit जर्त (jarta), जर्तु (jártu, “vulva
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (broadly) A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
- (with possessive) One's direct descendant
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 childen
词源说明
From Middle English childen, from the noun child.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (archaic, ambitransitive) To give birth; to beget or procreate.