英语词汇词源 英语纠错：boot来源于beat吗？非也！这两个词有完全不同的词源

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网上有英语老师，说boot作为“靴子”的解释，是来源于beat（击打），说什么boot的发明，“是穿上了它去拍打马”所以和beat（击打）有关联，而且读音很相近。
这个英语老师的说法，应该是太牵强了吧？

ChatGPT 解释了下：
The English words "boot" and "beat" do not share the same origin. They have different etymological backgrounds:

• Boot:
  
  • Origin: The word "boot" for footwear is derived from the Old French word "bote" and earlier from the Late Latin word "bota." It entered the English language during the medieval period.
  • Meaning: "Boot" refers to a type of footwear that covers the foot and typically extends to the calf or knee. It is used to protect the foot and leg.
    
• Beat:
  
  • Origin: The word "beat" as a verb comes from the Old English word "bēatan." Its origin is Germanic.
  • Meaning: "Beat" as a verb means to strike or hit repeatedly. It can also mean to defeat or overcome, as in "beat the competition." The noun form refers to a rhythmic pattern or pulse, as in a musical beat.
    

So, "boot" and "beat" have different linguistic roots and meanings.

然后，我们再查下字典：
boot
I. \ˈbüt, usu -üd.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English boote, bote, from Old English bōt remedy, compensation; akin to Old High German buoza change for the better, Old Norse bōt remedy, compensation, Gothic bōta advantage, gain, Old English betera better — more at better
1. archaic
a. : help or relief especially in time of peril or great want : deliverance
b. : a person or thing that brings such help
2. now chiefly dialect : something to equalize an exchange
< give me your sow and a $10 boot or the trade is off for the heifer — Frank Neefe >
3. obsolete : profit or advantage towards the accomplishment of an end : avail, use
< then talk no more of flight, it is no boot — Shakespeare >
•
- to boot
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English booten, boten, from boote, bote
intransitive verb
archaic : to be of help, profit, or advantage : avail
< it boots not to look backwards — Thomas Arnold >
transitive verb
obsolete : benefit, enrich
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French bote
1.
a. : a covering for the foot and leg that is usually made of leather or rubber and is of varying height between the ankle and hip
b. Britain : a shoe reaching to the ankle
c. : a rubber overshoe
2. : an instrument of torture applied to the leg and tightened so as to crush the leg and foot
3. : a sheath or casing resembling a boot that provides a protective covering for the leg: as
a. obsolete : a piece of leg armor
b. : a partial covering for the hoof and leg of a horse designed to prevent injury from interference
c. : the feathers on the shank and toes of certain domestic fowls
d. : the part of a stocking between the top and the foot
e. : a canvas or skin mitten used to protect the feet of working dogs from snow or ice
4. : a protective sheath or casing typically of an object or part resembling a leg: as
a. : the sheath near the uppermost leaves on the stems of grains and many palms that encloses the inflorescence which swells within it
b. : the metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof
c. : the box or compartment that contains the reed of a reed pipe of an organ
d. : a large thick patch for the inside of a tire casing
5.
a. obsolete : a built-in compartment on a horse-drawn coach used originally as a seat for the coachman and later for storage
b. Britain : the storage compartment at the rear of an automobile : trunk
6. : a usually leather article that resembles a boot: as
a. : a leather drinking vessel
b. : a leather carrying case for a rifle
  < with the adoption of the bolt-action Krag … a long boot came into use, covering the entire carbine, up to the stock — W.F.Harris >
c. aeronautics : a pneumatic rubber cell or tube used for deicing a wing or tail surface
7.
a. : the box in which the lower pulley of a grain elevator runs
b. : the chamber and housing at the base of a bucket elevator
8.
a. : a blow delivered by or as if by a booted foot : kick
b. : a usually unexpected and often rude discharge or dismissal — often used with the
  < she gave him the boot and married another man >
  < he got the boot after 14 years and had to find a new job >
c. : pleasure or enjoyment especially of a momentary sort : bang, kick
  < I get a big boot out of his jokes >
9. : a fumble in baseball
10.
a. : a recruit undergoing basic training in the United States Navy or Marines
b. : novice, trainee, apprentice
11. in glass manuf : a clay receptacle suspended in the nose of a tank furnace to exclude scum and to allow working of the glass without direct contact with heat and gases
12. : a drain cock in the bottom of a tank car or oil tank
IV. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English booten, from boot — more at boot III
transitive verb
1.
a. : to put boots on (oneself or another)
b. : to supply with boots
  < this firm … has booted and spurred every British monarch from George II on — New Yorker >
2.
a. : to send off or propel with force : kick
b. : to eject or discharge summarily — used often with out
  < he has been quietly booted out as chief — Newsweek >
3. : to make an error on (a baseball batted on the ground) : fumble
< he booted an easy grounder and another run scored >
4. slang : to ride (a horse) in a race
< after a 24-year career in which he booted home nearly 150 stakes winners >
intransitive verb
: to put on one's boots
V. noun
(-s)
Etymology: boot (I)(influenced in meaning by booty)
archaic : booty, plunder
VI. \ˈbüt\ verb
(boot·ed ; boot·ing)
Etymology: short for bootstrap (herein)
transitive verb
1. : to load (a program) into a computer from a disk
2. : to start or ready for use especially by booting a program — often used with up
< boot up a computer >
intransitive verb
1. : to become loaded into a computer's memory from a disk
< the program boots automatically >
2. : to become ready for use especially by booting a program
< the computer boots quickly >
— often used with up
• boot·a·ble adjective


beat
I. \ˈbēt, usu -d.+V\ verb
(beat \“\ ; beaten \ˈbētən\ ; also beat \ˈbēt, usu -d.+V\ ; or now dialect bet \ˈbet\ ; beating ; beats)
Etymology: Middle English beten, from Old English bēatan; akin to Old High German bōzan to beat, Old Norse bauta, Latin -futare to beat, fustis club
transitive verb
1. : to strike repeatedly:
a. : to hit repeatedly with hand, fist, weapon, or other instrument so as to inflict pain (as in order to punish or warn) often cruelly or oppressively
  < arrested for beating his wife >
  < beating the dog for barking at night >
  < beaten by thugs >
b. : to walk on : tread
  < beating the streets looking for work >
c. : to strike (part of one's own body) repeatedly in the throes of emotion
  < the wedding guest he beat his breast — S.T.Coleridge >
  or in accordance with musical rhythm
  < the natives watching the dance, beating their thighs >
d. : to strike directly against forcefully and repeatedly : dash against
  < a house beaten by repeated storms >
e. obsolete : to assail or importune with repeated sounds
  < beating our ears with his endless complaints >
f. : to flail, flap, or thrash at futilely
  < the trapped bird beating the air >
g.
  (1) : to strike, lash, or poke at (as in order to rouse game animals or birds)
   < beating the hedgerow for rabbits >
   : range over in quest of game
   < beatthe woods and rouse the bounding prey — Matthew Prior >
   : search, scour
   < beating the woods for the lost child >
  (2) : to sweep a net across to dislodge and capture insects
   < beating the limb for injurious insects >
  (3) : to hit repeatedly in order to knock something off or out
   < beating the dirty rugs >
   < beating the olive trees and picking up the fruit >
h. : to mix together or to bring about frothing in by mixing with air by means of repeated strong turning, stirring, whirling, or agitating : whip
  < beating eggs >
  < beating pancake batter >
i. : to strike repeatedly to produce musical, rhythmical, or meaningful sound
  < beating a drum >
  < beating a gong >
2. : to effect by or as if by repeated striking or hitting:
a. : to drive, force, or impel by blows
  < beaten back by the defenders of the castle >
  < beating off the savage dogs with a club >
b.
  (1) : to pound into a powder, paste, or pulp
   < pebbles beaten to a fine dust >
  (2) papermaking : to subject (fibrous materials) to a mechanical process (as in a beater) causing disintegration, cutting, bruising, and fraying out
c. : to force or drive home by repeated strong admonition or injunction
  < trying to beat some sense into these dolts >
d. : batter : bring or make by hard or crushing blows
  < beaten to the ground by a series of blows >
  < beaten black-and-blue >
  < beaten to death by the mob >
  < a beached ship beaten to pieces in the storm >
  — used in a number of metaphoric phrases such as to beat the daylights out of, to beat the tar out of, to beat the devil out of, to beat the life out of, to beat the ears off
e. : to make by repeated treading, walking, or driving over
  < beat a path through the thicket >
  < the trail he used was beaten into a road by the feet and wagons of the first homesteaders — American Guide Series: Michigan >
f.
  (1) : to dislodge by repeated hitting
   < beating dust from the carpet >
  (2) : to lodge securely by repeated striking
   < beating the stakes into the ground >
g. : to shape by beating
  < beat swords into plowshares >
especially : to flatten out by hammer blows sometimes into leaf thinness
  < gold beaten into strips >
  : make ornamental dents in by beating
  < beaten pewter >
h.
  (1) : to sound by drumming
   < beating a martial tune >
   < rain beat a tattoo on the roof >
   : give a signal for or express a wish for by beat of drum or sound of other instrument
   < beat an alarm >
   < beating a charge >
   < beating the reveille >
   < beating a parley >
  (2) of a drum : to express or signify when beaten
   < the drums beat a merry tune >
   < drums beating a march >
i. : to flatten (book leaves) by hammering
j. : to ink (a printing surface) by dabbing with ink balls
3. : to cause to beat, strike, or flap repeatedly
< a bird beating its wing >
< beat his foot nervously on the ground — Charles Dickens >
< beating their hands in time to the music >
4. : overcome, defeat:
a. : to achieve victory over : conquer, vanquish, or subdue in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, or other competition
  < beating the insurgents in a bloody battle >
  < Central beating Suburban in football >
  < beating his rival in the election >
  : bring about the defeat of
  < his own great wealth beat him in the election >
  < beaten in the game by their own mistakes >
b. : surpass, top, excel : be or be judged superior to
  < a meal hard to beat >
  < for loveliness it would be hard to beat — Matthew Arnold >
  < this dog beat the others for the blue ribbon >
  : outdo and supersede
  < his performance beats the record >
  — used in a number of phrases sometimes adverbially: to beat hell, to beat the cars, to beat the band, to beat the devil, to beat the Dutch
  < I lay down and cried to beat the band all afternoon — Scott Fitzgerald >
c. archaic : to beat down : endeavor to bring down in price or terms
  < beating the bargain >
d. : to get the better of, win against, or prevail over or despite
  < beating the bank with his system >
  < beating the odds against him >
e.
  (1) : check : defy all efforts of (one) at solving
   < a problem that beat the engineers >
  (2) : mystify, bewilder, perplex, baffle
   < it beats me how he does it >
  (3) : to be too canny to outwit or too capricious to outguess
f. : fatigue, exhaust — used mostly in passives and adjective uses of the past participle
  < feeling completely beat after the race >
g. : cheat, defraud
  < beating him out of his due return >
h. : to check and leave dispirited, irresolute, or hopeless
  < a failure at fifty, a beaten man >
i. : to escape the possible consequences of : defeat or check the effect of : nullify, vitiate, surmount : prevail over
  < beating the sultry weather >
  < beating the inflationary trend >
j. : to report a news item in advance of or to the exclusion of (competing newsmen or news media)
k. : elude : break through : get past
  < the batsman was beaten and bowled by an inswinger >
5.
a. : forestall, anticipate : get ahead of : take important or decisive action before
  < he was going to bid at the auction but I beat him >
b. : to act ahead of usually so as to forestall or make ineffective the engaging in a like action of (another)
  < beating his enemy to the draw >
  < he beat his opponent to the punch >
c. : to act or to complete an act before (a determined final point in time)
  < beat the deadline >
d. : to come to, arrive at, or sojourn at before
  < another man beat me to the empty chair >
  : arrive at a goal or destination before
  < the fielder's throw beat the baserunner >
e. : to start or to do something before (an official signal to begin)
  < beat the gun >
  < leaving early and beating the whistle >
f. : circumvent : surmount or escape from by devious procedure
  < no system can be devised that cannot be beaten by collusion — Journal of Accountancy >
6. : to indicate by one's motions (a musical beat or tempo)
< a young conductor will beat wildly almost any tempo — Warwick Braithwaite >
intransitive verb
1.
a. : dash, strike : become forcefully impelled : fall violently
  < waves beat against the shore >
  < rain beating on the roof >
b. : to glare with continuing oppressive intensity
  < burning hot weather, with the sun beating down — G.W.Talbot >
  : become projected steadily with unpleasant force or intensity
  < the heat in the shadeless fields beats down on the steaming black earth — Marjory S. Douglas >
c. : to sustain violent or strident activity with a demanding distracting effect
  < the turbulence of the Renaissance and the quarrels of England and Spain beating about his head — Douglas Stewart >
d. : to make a succession of strokes on a drum
  < the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters >
2.
a. : to course or operate with perceptible strokes : pulsate
  < my pulse beat so quickly and hardly that I felt the palpitation of every artery — Mary W. Shelley >
b. : to throb with animation : pulsate strongly; often : to demand attention with agitating exigency
  < her dominant will beat so strongly within her — Hugh Walpole >
  < his breathing was hard and … the blood beat in his ears and eyes — Robertson Davies >
  < a question was beating unanswered at the back of her brain — Ellen Glasgow >
c. of a timepiece : to operate audibly : tick
  < the beating of the clock >
d.
  (1) : to sound upon being struck
   < the drums beat >
  (2) : to become sounded by or as if by drums
   < before the assembly beats — W.M.Thackeray >
e. : to result in beats (as produced by two simultaneous tones of slightly different frequencies)
  < the B beats unpleasantly with the C >
3.
a. : to strike repeatedly : inflict repeated blows : knock or pound vigorously or loudly
  < their air attack still beating upon us — Sir Winston Churchill >
  < beating on the door of the cabin >
b. of a hare : to tap the ground as a mating gesture
c. : to strike the air : flap
  < the wings of the bird beating feebly >
d. : to strike bushes or other cover to rouse game; also : to range or scour for or as if for game
4. : to progress with changes of direction or procedure:
a. : to make progress to windward by sailing in a zigzag line (as by tacking)
b. : to sail with much tacking
  < beating along the coast >
c. : to make one's way persistently and often arduously usually by a series of expedient choices
  < the castaways beating inland >
5. : win
< our team will beat >
Synonyms:
pound, pummel, thrash, thresh, buffet, baste, belabor: beat is a general word to designate repeated striking
  < beat a carpet >
  < beat a child, hitting him repeatedly >
  < a savage beating >
  pound may apply to beating with heavier, more massive, damaging, or crushing blows
  < a tropical hurricane pounded the island with giant waves — Martin Gardner >
  < the artillery and the dive bombers pounded the defense — S.L.A.Marshall >
  pummel may apply to a continuous shower of blows not massive but fairly heavy and damaging
  < with Dick fastened on him, pummeling away most unmercifully — Samuel Lover >
  < the piers are pummelled by the waves — W.H.Auden >
  thrash and thresh apply to repeated striking as with a flail, stick, or whip
  < thrashing grain >
  < thrash a child or servant >
  < Indians paddle into the swamp, two men in each canoe; while one rows the other threshes the rice heads into the boat with two sticks — American Guide Series: Minnesota >
  buffet, often used figuratively, implies a repeated striking, heavy slapping, cuffing to and fro
  < Sung Yung was shoved about and buffeted by angry hands — T.B.Costain >
  < the two hands of Madame Defarge buffeted and tore her face — Charles Dickens >
  < buffeted by the bewildering passions and divided loyalties — C.J.Rolo >
  baste may imply a thorough cudgeling, thrashing, or beating
  < if you will give me the loan of a horsewhip, I'll baste the backs of these lazy fellows of yours — J.H.Wheelwright >
  belabor suggests a prolonged beating or drubbing
  < a group of demonstrating Egyptians being belabored by police — R.C.Doty >

明显，这里两个词boot，作为“靴子”解释，是来自法语，而beat解释为“打击”来自于日耳曼语，有完全不同的词源来源，完全不能生拉硬拽扯在一起。

Word

The English word "boot" is derived from the Old French word "bote," which, in turn, has Latin origins. While there may not be many English words that share the exact same root as "boot," some words related to footwear or covering the foot have similar etymological backgrounds. Here are a few:

    Boots: The plural form of "boot," referring to more than one boot.

    Bootee: A smaller, softer boot, usually made for infants or young children.

    Sabotage: The word "sabotage" is derived from the French word "sabot," which means "wooden shoe" or "clog." The term originally referred to workers throwing their wooden shoes into machinery to disrupt production.

While these words share an indirect connection through their linguistic history, they do not all share the same root in the same way that they directly evolved from "boot."