quword 趣词
Word Origins Dictionary
- vet
[vet 词源字典] - vet: [19] Vet is short for veterinary surgeon. As a verb, it was originally used (in the 1890s) for ‘examine an animal medically’, but before the end of the 19th century this had broadened out to ‘investigate, screen’. Veterinary [18] itself came from Latin veterīnārius, a derivative of veterīnus ‘of cattle and similar domestic animals’.
[vet etymology, vet origin, 英语词源] - vet (n.1)
- 1862, shortened form of veterinarian.
- vet (v.)
- "to submit (an animal) to veterinary care," 1891, from veterinarian. The colloquial sense of "subject (something) to careful examination" (as of an animal by a veterinarian, especially of a horse before a race) is attested by 1901. Related: Vetted; vetting.
- vet (n.2)
- 1848, shortened form of veteran (n.).