Etymology的知识聚焦

personalize(v.)[personalize词源字典]1747,frompersonal+-ize.Related:Personalized;personalizing.[personalizeetymology,personalizeorigin,英语词源]...

traction(n.)[traction词源字典]early15c.,"adrawingorpulling"(originallythepullingofadislocatedlimbtorepositionit),fromMedievalLatintractionem(nominativetractio)"adrawing"(mid-13c.),nounofactionfrom...

chug(n.)[chug词源字典]1866,echoicofaworkingsteamengine.Asaverb,from1884.Related:Chugged;chugging.Drinkingsenseattestedby1940s(chug-a-lug),probablyimitativeofthesoundofswallowing.[chugetymology,chugori...

o[o词源字典]interjectionoffear,surprise,admiration,etc.;seeoh.[oetymology,oorigin,英语词源]Obloodtype,1926,originally"zero,"denotingabsenceofAandBagglutinogens....

personal(adj.)[personal词源字典]late14c.,"pertainingtotheself,"fromOldFrenchpersonal(12c.,ModernFrenchpersonnel),fromLateLatinpersonalis"pertainingtoaperson,"fromLatinpersona(seeperson).Meaning"a...

-our[-our词源字典]see-or.[-ouretymology,-ourorigin,英语词源]...

lie[lie词源字典]lie:[OE]Englishhastwowordslie.Theverb‘recline’goesback,togetherwithitsGermanicrelatives(Germanliegen,Dutchliggen,Swedishligga.Danishligge),toaprehistoricbase*leg-,avariantofthebase*l...

licking(n.)[licking词源字典]"anactoflickingorlapping,"late14c.,frompresentparticipleoflick(v.1);meaning"abeating"is1756,fromlick(v.2).[lickingetymology,lickingorigin,英语词源]...

-osity[-osity词源字典]word-formingelementmakingnounsfromadjectivesin-ous,-ose(1);fromFrench-osité,fromLatin-ositatem(nominative-ositas),properly-ose+-ity.[-osityetymology,-osityorigin,英语词源]...

-osis[-osis词源字典]word-formingelementexpressingstateorcondition,inmedicalterminologydenoting"astateofdisease,"fromLatin-osisanddirectlyfromGreek-osis,formedfromtheaoristofverbsendingin-o.Itcorresp...

Lido[Lido词源字典]famousresortislandoffVenice,fromItalianlido,fromLatinlitus"shore."[Lidoetymology,Lidoorigin,英语词源]...

distract(v.)[distract词源字典]mid-14c.,"todrawasunderorapart,toturnaside"(literalandfigurative),fromLatindistractus,pastparticipleofdistrahere"drawindifferentdirections,"fromdis-"away"(seedis-)+...

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smear[smear词源字典]smear:[OE]SmearcomesfromaprehistoricGermanic*smerwjan,whichalsoproducedGermanschmieren,Dutchsmeren,Swedishsmörja,andDanishsmøre.TheSwedishandDanishwordsfor‘butter’,smörandsmø...

persona(n.)[persona词源字典]1917,"outwardorsocialpersonality,"aJungianpsychologyterm,fromLatinpersona"person"(seeperson).Usedearlier(1909)byEzraPoundinthesense"literarycharacterrepresentingvoiceo...

licorice(n.)[licorice词源字典]alsoliquorice,c.1200,fromAnglo-Frenchlycoryc,OldFrenchlicorece(alsorecolice),fromLateLatinliquiritia,alterationofLatinglychyrrhiza,fromGreekglykyrrhiza,literally"sweetro...

-ose(2)[-ose词源字典]standardendinginchemicalnamesofsugars,originallysimplyanoun-formingsuffix,takenupbyFrenchchemistsmid-19c.;ithasnoetymologicalconnectionwithsugar.Itappearsaroundthesametimeintwoche...

personable(adj.)[personable词源字典]"pleasinginone'sperson,"early15c.,fromperson+-able,orelsefromMiddleFrenchpersonable.Related:Personably.[personableetymology,personableorigin,英语词源]...

contract[contract词源字典]contract:[14]Englishacquiredthewordcontractinstages,althoughinallcasestheultimatesourcewascontractus,thepastparticipleofLatincontrahere,acompoundverbformedfromtheprefixcom-‘...

lid[lid词源字典]lid:[OE]TheprehistoricGermanicancestoroflidwas*khlitham,whichalsoproducedDutchlidandthe-lidofGermanaugenlid‘eyelid’.ItcomesultimatelyfromtheIndo-Europeanbase*kli-‘cover,shut’.[lide...

personally(adv.)[personally词源字典]late14c.,frompersonal+-ly(2).Meaning"asfarasI'mconcerned"isfrom1849.[personallyetymology,personallyorigin,英语词源]...

personality(n.)[personality词源字典]late14c.,"qualityorfactofbeingaperson,"fromMedievalLatinpersonalitatem(nominativepersonalitas),fromLateLatinpersonalis(seepersonal).Senseof"adistinctivecharacter...

lictor(n.)[lictor词源字典]late14c.,fromLatinlictor,literally"binder,"frompastparticiplestemof*ligere"tobind,collect,"collateralformofligare(seeligament).[lictoretymology,lictororigin,英语词源]...

personage(n.)[personage词源字典]mid-15c.,"bodyofaperson"(withregardtoappearance),fromOldFrenchpersonage"size,stature,"also"adignitary"(13c.),fromMedievalLatinpersonaticum(11c.),frompersona(seepe...

-ory[-ory词源字典]adjectiveandnounsuffix,"havingtodowith,characterizedby,tendingto,placefor,"fromMiddleEnglish-orie,fromOldNorthFrench-ory,-orie(OldFrench-oir,-oire),fromLatin-orius,-oria,-orium.&#1...