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1、-cracyfromM.L.-cratia,fromGk.-kratia"power,rule,"fromkratos"strength,"fromPIE*kratus"power,strength"(seehard).Theconnective-o-hascometobeviewedaspartofit.C.O.D.abbreviationofcashondelivery,1859,originallyAmer.Eng.cab1826,shorteningofcabriolet(1763)"light,horse-
2、drawncarriage,"Fr.dim.ofcabrioler"leap,caper,"fromIt.capriolare"jumpintheair,"fromL.capreolus"wildgoat."Thecarriageshadspringysuspensions.Extendedtohansomsandothertypesofcarriages;appliedtopublichorsecarriages(ofautomobilesfrom1899),thenextendedtosimilarpartsof
3、locomotives(1859).Cabbyisfrom1859(seetaxi).cabal1616,fromFr.cabal"intrigue,society,"originally"mysticalinterpretationoftheOldTestament,"fromM.L.cabbala(seecabbala).PopularizedinEng.1673asanacronymforfiveintriguingministersofCharlesII(Clifford,Arlington,Buckingh
4、am,Ashley,andLauderdale).caballero1877,"aSpanishgentleman,"fromSp.,fromL.caballarius,fromcaballus"apack-horse."EquivalentofFr.chevalier,It.cavaliere(seecavalier).cabana1898,westernU.S.,fromAmer.Sp.cognateofcabin(q.v.).cabaret1655,fromFr.,lit."tavern,"probablyfr
5、omM.Du.cambret,fromO.Fr.(Picarddialect)camberete,dim.ofcambre"chamber."Cametomean"arestaurant/nightclub"1912;extensionofmeaningto"entertainment,floorshow"is1922.cabbagec.1440,fromM.Fr.caboche"head"(intheChannelIslands,"cabbage"),fromO.Fr.caboce"head,"fromL.capu
6、t"head"(seehead).IntroducedtoCanada1541byJacquesCartieronhisthirdvoyage.FirstwrittenrecordofitinU.S.is1669.Thedeclineof"ch"to"j"intheunaccentedfinalsyllableparallelsthecommonpronunciationofspinach,sandwich,Greenwich,etc.cabbala1521,fromM.L.cabbala,fromHeb.qabba
7、lah"receivedlore,tradition,"especially"pretendedtraditionofmysticalinterpretationoftheOldTestament,"fromqibbel"toreceive,admit."cabin1346,fromO.Fr.cabane,fromO.Prov.cabana,fromL.L.capanna"hut,"ofdoubtfulorigin.Meaning"roomorpartitionofavessel"isfrom1382.Cabinfe
8、verfirstrecorded1918.cabinet1549,fromM.Fr.cabinet"smallroom,"dim.ofO.Fr.cabane"cabin"(seecabin);perhapsinfl.byIt.gabbinetto,dim.ofgabbia,fromL.cavea"stall,stoop,cage."Senseo
