为什么英语husband就是指丈夫?

来源:百度知道 编辑:UC知道 时间:2024/05/17 04:24:13

难道其他地方语言里HUSBAND指其他的意思吗?
如果是的话!TELL ME。 TKS!

We gain an insight into the history of the wordhusband by considering the Old English word h¿½nde,} meaning “the mistress of a house.”Ifh¿½nde} had survived into Modern English, husband, its modern form, would have been very ambiguous.The fact thath¿½nde} could mean “mistress of a house” helps us see the elements that make up the Old English ancestor of our wordhusband. H¿scorresponds to house. The element-b½e is the feminine form of -b½, the second element of Old Englishh¿½nda.} The entire Old English word is a borrowing of the Old Icelandic wordh¿½ndi,} meaning “the master of a house.”The second element inh¿½ndi, b½ndi,} means “a man who has land and stock” and comes from the verbb¿, meaning “to live, dwell, have a household.” The master of the house was of course usually the spouse of a wife as we