Borneon.

Brit.

/ˈbɔːnɪəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈbɔrnioʊ/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Borneo.

Etymology: < the name of Borneo (Malay Borneo), a large island in the Malay Archipelago.The name of the island is probably ultimately < the name of the country of Brunei (see Bruneian n.), which is located on the island. For early use of the place name in an English context, compare:1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Evj The Iland of Bornei [L. Bornei] (which some call Porne) is distant from Monoch fiftie leages.1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 228 This Ilande of Burnei is aboue the Equinoctiall toward owre pole fyue degrees and a quarter.1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xv. clxxvii. 250^v/2 (Addition) The Portugals discouered both the Ianæ [read Iauæ], Borneo, Celebes, Paloban, Mindaneo, Gillano, with the Moluccis, full of spicerie.1583 G. Peckham True Rep. Newfound Landes vii. sig. G.iv^v They [sc. the Portuguese] also discouered more East,..and so passed..vnto the great & large Islands of Sumatro, Iaua maior, Iaua minor, Mindano, Palobane, Celebes, Gilolo, Tydore, Mathin, Borneio, Machian, Terranette, and all other the Islandes of Molucques and Spiceries.With Borneo camphor n. at sense 1 compare the following earlier instance (showing Bornean adj.):1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan II. 73 As to most of their other Commodities, as Catsju, Bornean Camphire,..and many more, they serve only for luxury and medicines.

1. Borneo camphor n. (a) camphor obtained from the tree Dryobalanops sumatrensis, having a more peppery smell than common camphor and consisting chiefly of borneol; (b) (also Borneo camphor tree) a tall evergreen forest tree, Dryobalanops sumatrensis (family Dipterocarpaceae), native to Indonesia and Malaysia, which is the source of Borneo camphor and of a valuable timber (cf. kapur n.).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > camphor

camphor1313

Sumatra camphora1760

Borneo camphora1811

Malay camphor1837

turpentine camphor1857

tub-camphor1880

Japan camphor1882

Japanese camphor-

a1811 J. Leyden in Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap (1814) 7 xi. 6 The Borneo camphor does not exceed the annual quantity of 35 peculs of 125 lbs.

1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 462 Borneo-Camphors (Dipterocarpaceae). Large trees; juice resinous; leaves alternate.

1891 W. H. Treacher Brit. Borneo 107 The Borneo camphor tree is found only in Borneo and Sumatra.

1980 J. S. Thayer Earhart Betrayal (1981) 22 Smooth-barked Borneo camphors were shooting up toward the jungle canopy.

2000 A. Dalby Dangerous Tastes 57 Even in China..this product [sc. ‘Chinese camphor’] fetches only a small fraction of the price of the ‘camphor of Baros’ or ‘Borneo camphor’.

2. Borneo caoutchouc n. now rare a kind of natural rubber obtained from certain plants native to Borneo.

ΚΠ

1872 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Feb. 469/1 (heading) Dambose, an ingredient of Borneo caoutchouc.

1912 C. A. Browne Handbk. Sugar Anal. xxii. 762 Bornesite... This, the monomethyl ester of i-inosite, was discovered by Girard in crude Borneo caoutchouc.

2001 P. Hanelt Mansfeld’s Encycl. Agric. & Hort. Crops I. 1733 The plant [sc. Willughbeia coriacea] furnishes caoutchouc (getah susu, Borneo-caoutchouc), which is collected from wild and cultivated plants.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	borneo
释义	Borneon. Brit. /ˈbɔːnɪəʊ/, U.S. /ˈbɔrnioʊ/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Borneo. Etymology: < the name of Borneo (Malay Borneo), a large island in the Malay Archipelago.The name of the island is probably ultimately < the name of the country of Brunei (see Bruneian n.), which is located on the island. For early use of the place name in an English context, compare:1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Evj The Iland of Bornei [L. Bornei] (which some call Porne) is distant from Monoch fiftie leages.1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 228 This Ilande of Burnei is aboue the Equinoctiall toward owre pole fyue degrees and a quarter.1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xv. clxxvii. 250^v/2 (Addition) The Portugals discouered both the Ianæ [read Iauæ], Borneo, Celebes, Paloban, Mindaneo, Gillano, with the Moluccis, full of spicerie.1583 G. Peckham True Rep. Newfound Landes vii. sig. G.iv^v They [sc. the Portuguese] also discouered more East,..and so passed..vnto the great & large Islands of Sumatro, Iaua maior, Iaua minor, Mindano, Palobane, Celebes, Gilolo, Tydore, Mathin, Borneio, Machian, Terranette, and all other the Islandes of Molucques and Spiceries.With Borneo camphor n. at sense 1 compare the following earlier instance (showing Bornean adj.):1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan II. 73 As to most of their other Commodities, as Catsju, Bornean Camphire,..and many more, they serve only for luxury and medicines. 1. Borneo camphor n. (a) camphor obtained from the tree Dryobalanops sumatrensis, having a more peppery smell than common camphor and consisting chiefly of borneol; (b) (also Borneo camphor tree) a tall evergreen forest tree, Dryobalanops sumatrensis (family Dipterocarpaceae), native to Indonesia and Malaysia, which is the source of Borneo camphor and of a valuable timber (cf. kapur n.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > camphor camphor1313 Sumatra camphora1760 Borneo camphora1811 Malay camphor1837 turpentine camphor1857 tub-camphor1880 Japan camphor1882 Japanese camphor- a1811 J. Leyden in Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap (1814) 7 xi. 6 The Borneo camphor does not exceed the annual quantity of 35 peculs of 125 lbs. 1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 462 Borneo-Camphors (Dipterocarpaceae). Large trees; juice resinous; leaves alternate. 1891 W. H. Treacher Brit. Borneo 107 The Borneo camphor tree is found only in Borneo and Sumatra. 1980 J. S. Thayer Earhart Betrayal (1981) 22 Smooth-barked Borneo camphors were shooting up toward the jungle canopy. 2000 A. Dalby Dangerous Tastes 57 Even in China..this product [sc. ‘Chinese camphor’] fetches only a small fraction of the price of the ‘camphor of Baros’ or ‘Borneo camphor’. 2. Borneo caoutchouc n. now rare a kind of natural rubber obtained from certain plants native to Borneo. ΚΠ 1872 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Feb. 469/1 (heading) Dambose, an ingredient of Borneo caoutchouc. 1912 C. A. Browne Handbk. Sugar Anal. xxii. 762 Bornesite... This, the monomethyl ester of i-inosite, was discovered by Girard in crude Borneo caoutchouc. 2001 P. Hanelt Mansfeld’s Encycl. Agric. & Hort. Crops I. 1733 The plant [sc. Willughbeia coriacea] furnishes caoutchouc (getah susu, Borneo-caoutchouc), which is collected from wild and cultivated plants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1811
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