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cartouche
[cartouche 词源字典]
cartouche:
see
chart
[cartouche etymology, cartouche origin, 英语词源]
cartouche (n.)
1610s, "scroll-like ornament," also "paper cartridge," from French
cartouche
, the French form of
cartridge
(q.v.). Application to Egyptian hieroglyphics dates from 1830, on resemblance to rolled paper cartridges.