pomander
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 源自 ←古法语 pome d'embre
- 源自 ←中世纪拉丁语 pōmum dē ambra
- 源自 ←古希腊语 ἄμβροτος “divine, immortal; belonging to the gods”
- 源自 ←原始印欧语 *n̥mr̥tós “immortal”
词源说明
From Old French pome d'embre (literally “apple of ambergris”), from Medieval Latin pōmum dē ambra: pōmum (“fruit”) (possibly from *po-emo (“picked off”)); ambra (“amber; ambergris”) (probably from ambrosia (“food or unguent of the gods”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́μβροτος (ắmbrotos, “divine, immortal; belonging to the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥mr̥tós (“immortal”)).
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (countable, uncountable, historical) A mixture of aromatic substances, made into a ball and carried by a person to impart a sweet smell or as a protection