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oval (adj.)
[oval 词源字典]
1570s, from Modern Latin
ovalis
"egg-shaped" (source of French
oval
, 1540s), literally "of or pertaining to an egg," from Latin
ovum
"egg" (see
ovary
). The classical Latin word was
ovatus
.
[oval etymology, oval origin, 英语词源]
oval (n.)
1560s, from Middle French
ovalle
"oval figure," from Medieval Latin
ovalis
(see
oval
(adj.)).