- emery
[emery 词源字典]
- emery: see smear
[emery etymology, emery origin, 英语词源] - emery (n.)
- granular mixture used as an abrasive, late 15c., from Middle French émeri, from Old French esmeril, from Italian smeriglo, from Vulgar Latin *smyrilium, from Greek smyris "abrasive powder" used for rubbing and polishing, probably a non-Greek word, perhaps from a Semitic source. Emery board attested from 1725.