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bovine
[bovine 词源字典]
bovine:
see
beef
[bovine etymology, bovine origin, 英语词源]
bovine (adj.)
1817, from French
bovin
(14c.), from Late Latin
bovinus
, from Latin
bos
(genitive
bovis
) "ox, cow," from PIE
*gwous-
(see
cow
(n.)). Figurative sense of "inert and stupid" is from 1855.