dowry: [14] English acquired dowry via Anglo- Norman dowarie from Old French douaire (source of the originally synonymous but now little-used dower [14]). This in turn came from medieval Latin dōtārium, a derivative of Latin dōs ‘dowry’, which was related to dāre ‘give’ (source of English date, donate, etc). Its associated verb, dōtāre ‘endow’, is the ancestor of English endow. => date, donate, endow
dowry (n.)
early 14c., from Anglo-French dowarie, Old French doaire (late 13c.) "dower, dowry, gift," from Medieval Latin dotarium, from Latin dotare "to endow, portion," from dos (genitive dotis) "marriage portion," from PIE *do-ti (cognates: Sanskrit dadati, Greek didonai, Old Church Slavonic dati, Lithuanian duoti, Armenian tam, all meaning "to give"), from root *do- "to give" (see date (n.1)).
双语例句
1. His family hoped that his bride would bring a large dowry.
他的家人希望新娘能带来丰厚的嫁妆.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. If a young woman did not have a dowry, she went into domestic service.
如果一个年轻女子没有嫁妆，她就要做家政服务赚钱。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The money from her dowry was invested in her mother's store.
她的嫁妆钱都投到了母亲的铺子里。
来自辞典例句
4. Although ours has been so pure and poor That you can take them no great dowry.
贫俭诚所尚,资从岂待周!
来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
5. As a wife , the woman was protected by the setting up of a dowry or decimum.
