cosmetologist 的詞源

"化妝品專家"，1925年，美國英語，出現在州法規中規定該職業，源自 cosmetology + -ist。更早的詞是 cosmetician（1914年）。

The manufacturers of cosmetics have a new friend in the shape of a New Yorker, who calls himself a complexionist and prescribes a mixture of sulphur and glycerine to be rubbed on the face every night and washed off in the morning with ammonia. An elephant might not suffer from this treatment, but a human being who attempts it may reckon on about a year of repentance for every week of rubbing. The regular physicians might do a worse thing than expose the shameful ignorance of this "complexionist." [Ladies' Home Journal, August 1888]

化妝品製造商有了一個新朋友，他是一位紐約人，自稱爲“膚色專家”，並建議每晚塗抹一種硫磺和甘油混合物，早上用氨水洗掉。大象可能不會因這種治療而受苦，但試圖這樣做的人可能會爲每週的擦拭而悔恨一年。常規醫生可能會做得比揭露這位“膚色專家”的可恥無知更糟糕。[《女士家庭雜誌》，1888年8月]