英语单词

estaminet是什么意思

estaminet

[ɛstæmɪ'ne]
  • n. (法)酒吧间;(法)小餐馆;(法)咖啡馆

英文词源


estaminet (n.)
1814, from French, "a café in which smoking is allowed" (17c.), of unknown origin; some suggest a connection to French estamine, a type of open woolen fabric used for making sieves, etc., from Latin stamineus "made of thread." Or [Watkins] from Walloon stamen "post to which a cow is tied at a feeding trough," from Proto-Germanic *stamniz (see stem (n.)). For the excrescent e-, see e-.

单词首字母