waiter
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 侍者
构词拆分
wait词根/词干
+
-er后缀
(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun. · (added to verbs, informal) A person or thing to which the root verb is done or can be done satisfactorily.
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 源自 ←中古英语 waiter
原始词根
原始印欧语 *weǵ-
词源说明
From late 14th century Middle English waiter, wayter (“attendant, watchman”). By surface analysis, wait + -er. Sense of "servant who waits at tables" is from late 15th century, originally in reference to household servants; in reference to inns, eating houses, etc., it is attested from 1660s. Feminine form waitress first recorded 1834.
The London Stock Exchange sense harks back to the early days of trading in coffee-shops.