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sapling (n.)
[sapling 词源字典]
early 14c., from
sap
(n.1) + diminutive suffix
-ling
. This probably is the source of American English slang
sap
(n.3) "club, short staff" (1899) and the verb
sap
(v.2) "to hit (someone) with a sap" (1926).
[sapling etymology, sapling origin, 英语词源]