handcuff

Significado (Inglés)

Traducciones

Handschellen anlegen

passer les menottes à

handboeien omdoen

in de boeien slaan

Frecuencia

C2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈhændˌkʌf/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

From hand + cuff (“end of shirtsleeve”). Possibly an adaptation of Middle English handcops (“shackles for the hand, handcuffs”), from Old English handcops, from hand + cops, cosp (“fetter, chains”), but due to a lack of continuity (centuries between Old English and the modern term), generally analyzed as a re-invention. Nominal form first appears c. 1591 in the publications of John Florio. Verbal form first appears c. 1649.

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