- horde
[horde 词源字典]
- horde: see hoard
[horde etymology, horde origin, 英语词源] - horde (n.)
- 1550s, from West Turkic (compare Tatar urda "horde," Turkish ordu "camp, army"), to English via Polish, French, or Spanish. The initial -h- seems to have been acquired in Polish. Transferred sense of "uncivilized gang" is from 1610s. Related: Hordes.