sago
英 ['se?g??]
美['seɡo]
- n. 西米；西米椰子
- n. (Sago)人名；(日)左五(名)
暢通詞匯
中文詞源
sago 西米，西谷米
一種用棕櫚芯制作的淀粉類食物，來(lái)自馬來(lái)語(yǔ) sagu,棕櫚，棕櫚樹。
英文詞源
- sago
- sago: [16] Sago is of Malay origin. The Portuguese were responsible for introducing the Malay term sāgū to English, as sagu; the modern form sago, which became established during the 17th and 18th centuries, came via Dutch.
- sago (n.)
- "starch made of the piths of palms," 1570s, via Portuguese and Dutch from Malay sagu, the name of the palm tree from which it is obtained (attested in English in this sense from 1550s). Also borrowed in French (sagou), Spanish (sagu), German (Sago).