quword 趣词
Word Origins Dictionary
- rodent[rodent 词源字典]
- rodent: see rostrum
[rodent etymology, rodent origin, 英语词源] - rodent (n.)
- 1835 (as an adjective 1833), from Modern Latin Rodentia, the order name, from Latin rodentem (nominative rodens), present participle of rodere "to gnaw, eat away," from PIE root *red- "to scrape, scratch, gnaw" (cognates: Sanskrit radati "scrapes, gnaws," radanah "tooth;" Latin radere "to scrape;" Welsh rhathu "scrape, polish"). Uncertain connection to Old English rætt (see rat (n.)).