GRE
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1. spade => Greek spathe "a broad flat sword; any broad blade, of wood or metal" => spath- => spatul- (diminutive) "flat piece of wood, splint, -> shoulder blade" => espaul- (Old French) => epaul- "shoulder" => epaulet, epaulette (diminutive).
中文詞源
epaulet 肩章來(lái)自法語(yǔ)，詞源同spade, 鏟子，肩胛骨。后指肩章。拼寫(xiě)演變參照etude, study.
英文詞源
- epaulet (n.)
- also epaulette, "shoulder ornament on a uniform," 1783, from French épaulette "an epaulet" (16c.), diminutive of épaule "shoulder," from Old French espaule (12c.), from Latin spatula "flat piece of wood, splint," in Medieval Latin "shoulder blade," diminutive of spatha "broad wooden instrument, broad sword," from Greek spathe "a broad flat sword" (see spade (n.1)).