英文词源
- pedigree
- pedigree: [15] Etymologically, pedigree means ‘crane’s-foot’. It comes from Anglo-Norman *pe de gru, pe meaning ‘foot’ (from Latin pēs) and gru ‘crane’ (from Latin grūs). The notion behind the metaphor is that a bird’s foot, with its three splayed-out toes, resembles the branching lines drawn to illustrate a family tree.
=> crane, geranium - pedigree (n.)
- early 15c., "genealogical table or chart," from Anglo-French pe de gru, a variant of Old French pied de gru "foot of a crane," from Latin pedem accusative of pes "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)) + gruem (nominative grus) "crane," cognate with Greek geranos, Old English cran; see crane (n.)).
On old manuscripts, "descent" was indicated by a forked sign resembling the branching lines of a genealogical chart; the sign also happened to look like a bird's footprint. Form influenced in Middle English by association with degree. Meaning "ancestral line" is mid-15c.; of animals, c. 1600. Related: Pedigreed.
中文词源
pedigree（家谱）：鹤的脚丫
英语单词pedigree（家谱）源自古法语中的pied de gru（foot of crane），因为鹤的脚丫形状与树状的家谱图很像。pedigree中的pe=foot，如impede（妨碍）。
pedigree：['pedɪgriː] n.家谱，血统adj.纯种的
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：pedigree 词源，pedigree 含义。
pedigree：家谱，门第，世系
来自古法语pied de gru,天鹅的脚爪，来自pied,脚，词源同foot,de,的，gru,天鹅，词源同crane.后拼写通俗化，用于指家谱，因家谱图如同天鹅的脚爪而得名，引申词义门第，世系等。
pedigree：家谱；血统
词根ped指“脚”，它和单词foot（脚）同源；-gree和单词crane（鹤）同源，体会其中涉及的g、c音变，再如：act（行动）—agent（代理人），section（部分）—segment（部分；段）；字面义“鹤足”，家谱的脉络形状像鹤的脚一样，咱们称其“树状图”。