quword 趣词
Word Origins Dictionary
- menhir[menhir 词源字典]
- menhir: see dolmen
[menhir etymology, menhir origin, 英语词源] - menhir (n.)
- "upright monumental stone," 1834, literally "long stone," from French menhir (19c.), from Breton men "stone" + hir "long," from PIE *se-ro-, from root *se- "long, late" (see soiree). Cognate with Welsh maen hir, Cornish medn hir.