英文词源
- palaver
- palaver: [18] Palaver originated as a piece of naval slang picked up by English sailors in Africa. There they came across Portuguese traders negotiating with the local inhabitants, a process known in Portuguese as palavra ‘speech’ (a descendant of Latin parabola, source of English parable). They took the Portugese word over as palaver, applying it first to ‘negotiations’, and then by extension to ‘idle chatter’.
=> parable - palaver (n.)
- 1733 (implied in palavering), "talk, conference, discussion," sailors' slang, from Portuguese palavra "word, speech, talk," traders' term for "negotiating with the natives" in West Africa, metathesis of Late Latin parabola "speech, discourse," from Latin parabola "comparison" (see parable). Meaning "idle talk" first recorded 1748. The verb is 1733, from the noun. Related: Palavering.
中文词源
水手航海俚语，来自葡萄牙语palavra,说话，谈话，与土著人的谈判，来自拉丁语parabola,比较，谈话，谈判，词源同parable,parlance.后引申词义琐事，废话。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：palaver 词源，palaver 含义。
