rendezvousyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[rendezvous 词源字典]
rendezvous: [16] Rendezvous was borrowed from French rendez-vous, a lexicalization of rendezvous, the imperative plural of se rendre. This meant literally ‘present yourself’ – that is, at a particular place. English first used the word as a verb in the mid 17th century.
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rendezvous (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1590s, "place for assembling of troops," from Middle French rendez-vous, noun use of rendez vous "present yourselves," from rendez, plural imperative of rendre "to present" (see render (v.)) + vous "you," from Latin vos, from PIE *wos- "you" (plural). General sense of "appointed place of meeting" is attested from 1590s.
rendezvous (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1640s, from rendezvous (n.).