第二章 学词汇的来源最精简.pptVIP

Words originated from French Mortuary Borrowed into English in 1330 from Anglo–French mortuarie (gift to a parish priest from a deceased parishioner), it was first used to refer to “a place where bodies are kept temporarily” in 1865 as a euphemism for earlier deadhouse. Words originated from French Embolism Borrowed into English in 1387 from Old French embolisme, it originally meant “intercalation (置润) of days into a calendar” as the French word was derived from late Latin embolismus (insertion of days in a calendar to correct errors). Its medical sense of “obstruction of a blood vessel” i