quword 趣词
Word Origins Dictionary
- rescue



[rescue 词源字典] - rescue: see quash
[rescue etymology, rescue origin, 英语词源] - rescue (n.)




- late 14c., from rescue (v.). Earlier noun was rescous (early 14c.), from Old French rescous.
- rescue (v.)




- c. 1300, from stem of Old French rescorre "protect, keep safe; free, deliver" (Modern French recourre), from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + escourre "to cast off, discharge," from Latin excutere "to shake off, drive away," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + -cutere, combining form of quatere "to shake" (see quash). Related: Rescued; rescuing.