- pivot (n.)
[pivot 词源字典]
- 1610s, from French pivot, from Old French pivot "hinge pin, pivot" (12c.), also "penis," of uncertain origin. Figurative sense of "central point" is recorded from 1813.[pivot etymology, pivot origin, 英语词源]
- pivot (v.)
- by 1841, from French pivoter and from pivot (n). Related: Pivoted; pivoting.