major-domo
中文词源
major-domo 总管
来自拉丁语major domus,一家之主,王室管家,来自major,主要的,domus,家,住所,词源同domicile.引申词义总管。
英英释意
- 1. the chief steward or butler of a great household
英文词源
- major-domo (n.)
- 1580s, via Italian maggiordomo or Spanish mayordomo, from Medieval Latin major domus "chief of the household," also "mayor of the palace" under the Merovingians, from Latin major "greater" (see major (adj.)) + genitive of domus "house" (see domestic).