itsy-bitsy 的詞源
itsy-bitsy(adj.)
"迷人的小巧玲瓏"，出自1882年，可能源自 itty（小孩話中的 little）和/或 bitsy。 Bitsy-itsy 的記錄可以追溯到1875年。 Itty-bitty 的記錄可以追溯到1849年； tiddy-itty 的記錄可以追溯到1852年。
The fond old captain used to talk of her very much as if she were six months old, and fractions in teething, calling her his Peetums-keetums, his Pitsy-itsy-kitsy and such like, which annoyed the girl, .... ["M.B.," "John's Wife," in "Tales of the Day," 1861]
這位親愛的老船長常常把她當作六個月大的嬰兒，談論她的牙齒生長情況，稱她爲他的 Peetums-keetums，他的 Pitsy-itsy-kitsy 之類的稱呼，這讓女孩很煩惱... ["M.B.", "John's Wife," in "Tales of the Day," 1861]
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