1. Genoa (意大利城市熱那亞，其古法語拼寫形式為：Jannes, 中期法語又音變為： jean / Jean) => gen- => 音變：jean.
2. 因該城市最先生產這種斜紋布而得名。
3. jean => 復數：jeans.
英文詞源
Jean
masc. proper name, from French equivalent of John. Fem. proper name is from French equivalent of Jane.
jean (n.)
"twilled cotton cloth," mid-15c., from Middle French jean fustian "fustian (a type of twilled cotton cloth) of Genoa," the city in Italy, from Old French Jannes "Genoa," from Latin Genua (see Genoa). The plural form jeans became standard 19c.
雙語例句
1. If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.--Jean Paul Sartre
如果你獨處時感到寂寞，說明沒有把自己陪好。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
2. He won a head-to-head battle with NF leader Jean-Marie Le Pen.
他在和國民陣線領袖讓-馬里·勒龐的正面交鋒中獲得了勝利。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Miserable, and unexpectedly lonely, she went in search of Jean-Paul.
內心痛苦、突感寂寞的她去尋找瓊－保羅。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Jean-Phillippe had hitched all over Europe in the 1960s.
讓－菲利普在20世紀60年代曾搭便車游遍歐洲。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Willie Smith was the second son born to Jean and Stephen.