tumbester 的词源
tumbester(n.)
也 tombester,“女性杂技舞者或翻滚者”,14世纪晚期,带有女性后缀 -ster + tumben “跳跃,翻滚舞;跌倒”,来自古英语 tumbian 和古法语 tomber(参见 tumble (v.))。也有 tumblester(15世纪初)。
As the professional dancers of medieval times were usually also tumblers or acrobats, the words for dance and tumble were commonly used as synonymous. (Compare hop, dance, hopster, a female dancer, Latin saltator, saltatrix, a dancer, literally 'leaper.') The daughter of Herodias, who danced before Herod, is often pictured in medieval art as tumbling, walking on her hands, or standing on her head. [Century Dictionary]
由于中世纪时期的专业舞者通常也是翻滚者或杂技演员,因此舞蹈和翻滚的词汇常被用作同义词。(比较 hop,舞蹈, hopster,女性舞者,拉丁语 saltator, saltatrix,舞者,字面意思是“跳跃者”。)希罗德的女儿在希罗德面前跳舞,常在中世纪艺术中被描绘为翻滚、倒立或头顶行走。[世纪词典]
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