fern

来自PIE*por-no, 羽毛，翅膀，来自PIE*per,展开，向前，词源同ford, forth.因这种植物张开的叶子而得名。

fern

fern: [OE] Fern is a fairly widespread Indo- European word, represented among the other West Germanic languages by German farn and Dutch varen. It comes ultimately from Indo- European *porno-. This also produced Sanskrit parnám, which meant ‘feather’ as well as ‘leaf’, suggesting that the fern may have been named originally from the feathery leaves of some species.

fern (n.)

Old English fearn "fern," from Proto-Germanic *farno- (cognates: Old Saxon farn, Middle Dutch vaern, Dutch varen, Old High German farn, German Farn).

Possibly the word has a prehistoric sense of "having feathery fronds" and is from PIE *por-no-, which has yielded words for "feather, wing" (cognates: Sanskrit parnam "feather;" Lithuanian papartis "fern;" Russian paporot'; Greek pteris "fern," pteron "feather"), from the root *per- (2) "to lead, pass over" (see petition (n.)). The plant's ability to appear as if from nothing accounts for the ancient belief that fern seeds conferred invisibility (1590s). Filicology "science or study of ferns" (1848) is from Latin filix "fern."

1. She cast a sidelong glance at Fern.

她瞟了一眼弗恩.

2. There are many different types of fern, none of which produce flowers.

蕨类植物有许多不同的种类, 无论哪一种都不长花.

3. Kennicott was cordial to Fern Mulins.

肯尼科特对弗恩马林斯小姐倒是很亲热.

4. Lanzhou fern in the main origin of the Yuzhong Nanshan Yam area.

兰州蕨菜的主要产地在榆中南山的二阴地区.

5. Asiatic tree fern having dense matted hairs sometimes used as a styptic.

亚洲一种树冠茂密的树蕨,有时用于止血.