hike 的词源

“Hiker”这个词最早出现在1908年，作为从动词 hike 派生的名词。更早的时候，它还指一种特定的船只：

The "hiker" or "tuck-up" as it is more generally termed, is a craft peculiar to the Delaware River, and is to the youth residing along the banks of that stream what the racing shell is to the Torontonian .... The origin of the name "hiker" is veiled in mystery. No member of the clubs engaged in sailing these boats can give anything like a satisfactory derivation of the word. The most common explanation is that it is corrupted from the local verb "to hike," which means to run or fly swiftly. ["Harper's Young People," 1885]

“Hiker”或更普遍称为“tuck-up”，是一种独特于特拉华河的船只，对于生活在这条河岸的年轻人来说，就像多伦多人的赛艇一样重要……关于“hiker”这个名字的起源，仍然笼罩在神秘之中。参与驾驶这些船只的俱乐部成员，没有人能给出一个令人满意的词源解释。最常见的说法是，它是从当地动词“to hike”演变而来的，意思是快速奔跑或飞翔。[《哈珀年轻人》，1885年]

1921年作为名词，1923年作为动词，源自 hitch（动词），最初指将雪橇等东西拴到移动的车辆上（这一用法最早记录于1880年），加上 hike（名词）。相关词汇包括：Hitchhiked（搭便车的过去式）、hitchhiking（搭便车的现在分词）。Hitchhiker（搭便车者）这个词从1927年开始被记录。