quword 趣词
Word Origins Dictionary
- bail (v.2)[bail 词源字典]
- "to procure someone's release from prison" (by posting bail), 1580s, from bail (n.1); usually with out. Related: Bailed; bailing.[bail etymology, bail origin, 英语词源]
- billboard (n.)
- 1845, American English, from bill (n.1) + board (n.1). Any sort of board where bills were meant to be posted. Billboard magazine founded 1894, originally a trade paper for the bill-posting industry. Its music sales charts date from 1930s.
- compost (v.)
- "make into compost," 1829, from compost (n.). Related: Composted; composting.
- pasquinade (n.)
- "a lampoon," 1650s, from Middle French, from Italian pasquinata (c. 1500), from Pasquino, name given to a mutilated ancient statue (now known to represent Menelaus dragging the dead Patroclus) set up by Cardinal Caraffa in his palace in Rome in 1501; the locals named it after a schoolmaster (or tailor, or barber) named Pasquino who lived nearby. A custom developed of posting satirical verses and lampoons on the statue.
- post (v.4)
- "to put up bail money," 1781, from one of the nouns post, but which one is uncertain. Related: Posted; posting.
- post (v.1)
- "to affix (a paper, etc.) to a post" (in a public place), hence, "to make known," 1630s, from post (n.1). Related: Posted; posting.
- post (v.2)
- in bookkeeping, "to transfer from a day book to a formal account," 1620s, from post (n.2) via a figurative sense of "carrying" by post horses. Related: Posted; posting.
- post (v.3)
- "to send through the postal system," 1837, from post (n.3). Earlier, "to travel with relays of horses" (1530s). Related: Posted; posting.
- post (v.5)
- "to station at a post," from post (n.2). Related: Posted; posting.
- replevin (n.)
- "recovery of goods (by someone) taken from him, upon posting of security," mid-15c., from Anglo-French replevin (14c.) and Anglo-Latin (13c.) replevina, from Old French replevir (v.) "to pledge, protect, warrant," from re- "back, again" (see re-) + plevir, of uncertain origin; perhaps related to pledge (v.). The corresponding verb is replevy (1550s).
- repost (v.)
- 1963, with reference to letters, from re- + post (v.3). Related: Reposted; reposting.
- brandling
- "A red earthworm with rings of a brighter colour, typically found in manure, and used as bait by anglers and in composting kitchen waste", Mid 17th century: from brand + -ling.