- hoe
[hoe 词源字典]
- hoe: see hay
[hoe etymology, hoe origin, 英语词源] - hoe (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French houe (12c.), from Frankish *hauwa, from Proto-Germanic *hawwan (cognates: Old High German houwa "hoe, mattock, pick-axe," German Haue), from PIE *kau- "to hew, strike" (see hew). The verb is first recorded early 15c. Related: Hoed; hoeing.