- NAACP
[NAACP 词源字典] - abbreviation of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, first attested 1910. Organization founded Feb. 12, 1909, as National Negro Committee.[NAACP etymology, NAACP origin, 英语词源]
- nab (v.)[nab 词源字典]
- "to catch (someone)," 1680s, probably a variant of dialectal nap "to seize, catch, lay hold of" (1670s, now surviving only in kidnap), which possibly is from Scandinavian (compare Norwegian nappe, Swedish nappa "to catch, snatch;" Danish nappe "to pinch, pull"); reinforced by Middle English napand "grasping, greedy." Related: Nabbed; nabbing. Nabbing-cull was old slang for "constable," and Farmer & Henley has "TO NAB THE STIFLES = to be hanged."[nab etymology, nab origin, 英语词源]
- nabob (n.)[nabob 词源字典]
- 1610s, "deputy governor in Mogul Empire," Anglo-Indian, from Hindi nabab, from Arabic nuwwab, honorific plural of na'ib "viceroy, deputy," from base n-w-b "to take someone's place." Also used of Europeans who came home from India having made a fortune there, hence "very rich man" (1764).[nabob etymology, nabob origin, 英语词源]
- nacarat[nacarat 词源字典]
- "A bright orange-red colour", Mid 18th century: from French, perhaps from Spanish and Portuguese nacarado 'orange-red in colour' (referring to the colour of the shell of the mollusc that yields mother-of-pearl), from nacar 'nacre'.[nacarat etymology, nacarat origin, 英语词源]
- nacelle (n.)[nacelle 词源字典]
- late 15c., "small boat," from Old French nacele "little boat, bark, skiff" (12c., Modern French nacelle), from Vulgar Latin *naucella, from Late Latin navicella "a little ship," diminutive of navis "ship" (see naval). Meaning "gondola of an airship" is from 1901; extended to "cockpit of an aircraft" by 1914; later transferred to other similar housings and structures.[nacelle etymology, nacelle origin, 英语词源]
- nacho (n.)[nacho 词源字典]
- according to "The Dallas Morning News" [Oct. 22, 1995] and other sources, named for restaurant cook Ignacio Anaya, who invented the dish in the Mexican border town of Piedras Negras in 1943.[nacho etymology, nacho origin, 英语词源]
- nacre (n.)[nacre 词源字典]
- 1590s, "type of shellfish that yields mother-of-pearl," from Middle French nacre (14c.), from Italian naccaro (now nacchera), possibly from Arabic naqur "hunting horn" (from nakara "to hollow out"), in reference to the shape of the mollusk shell. Meaning "mother-of-pearl" is from 1718.[nacre etymology, nacre origin, 英语词源]
- nacreous (adj.)[nacreous 词源字典]
- "resembling nacre," 1807, from nacre + -ous.[nacreous etymology, nacreous origin, 英语词源]
- New Year's Eve[New Year's Eve 词源字典]
- c. 1300; "þer þay dronken & dalten ... on nwe gerez euen." The Julian calendar began on January 1, but the Christian Church frowned on pagan celebrations of this and chose the Feast of the Annunciation (March 25) as its New Year's Day. The civic year in England continued to begin January 1 until late 12c., and even though legal documents then shifted to March 25, popular calendars and almanacs continued to begin on January 1. The calendar reform of 1751 restored the Julian New Year. New Year's was the main midwinter festival in Scotland from 17c., when Protestant authorities banned Christmas, and continued so after England reverted to Christmas, hence the Scottish flavor ("Auld Lang Syne," etc.). New Year's gathering in public places began 1878 in London, after new bells were installed in St. Paul's.[New Year's Eve etymology, New Year's Eve origin, 英语词源]
- Naderism (n.)[Naderism 词源字典]
- 1969, in reference to the methods of U.S. lawyer and consumer advocate Ralph Nader (b.1934) + -ism.[Naderism etymology, Naderism origin, 英语词源]