calumet

英 ['kæljʊmet] 美 ['kæljʊ,mɛt]
  • n. 北美土人所用之一种烟斗;和平的象征

英文词源


calumet (n.)
1660s, from Canadian French calumet, from Norman French calumet "pipe" (Old French chalemel, 12c., Modern French chalumeau), from Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus "reed; something made of reed or shaped like a reed" (see shawm).

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