送交者: cornbug 于 2010-12-26, 19:29:16:
回答: 请教：Christmas的原意是什么？ 由 apple 于 2010-12-26, 19:16:52:
The word for Christmas in late Old English is Cristes Maesse, the Mass of Christ, first found in 1038, and Cristes-messe, in 1131. In Dutch it is Kerstmis, in Latin Dies Natalis, whence comes the French Noël, and Italian Il natale; in German Weihnachtsfest, from the preceeding sacred vigil. The term Yule is of disputed origin. It is unconnected with any word meaning "wheel". The name in Anglo-Saxon was geol, feast: geola, the name of a month (cf. Icelandic iol a feast in December).
-- THE CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA