来自古英语isaern,铁,铁制品,铁制武器,来自PIE*eis,坚硬的,坚固的。部分词源学家进一步推测来自PIE*h1esh2r,血,词源同sanguine,血红色。由血引申词义血红,铁水,铁。同时,由于血在古代观念中的神圣含义,引申词义神圣的,强烈的感情,衍生ire,estrus,hieratic等。参照blood,bless.
Right so as whil that Iren is hoot men sholden smyte. [Chaucer, c. 1386]Chemical symbol Fe is from the Latin word for the metal, ferrum (see ferro-). Meaning "metal device used to press or smooth clothes" is from 1610s. The adjective is Old English iren, isern. To have (too) many irons in the fire "to be doing too much at once" is from 1540s. Iron lung "artificial respiration tank" is from 1932.
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