英文词源
- decency (n.)
- 1560s, "appropriateness," from Latin decentia "comeliness, decency," from decentem "becoming, fitting" (see decent). Meaning "modesty" (i.e. "appropriateness to standards of society") is from 1630s.
中文词源
来源于拉丁语dec.us, decor.is, n(装饰),词干为-dec-, -décor-
词根词缀： -dec-装饰 + -ency名词词尾
同源词：decorate, decoration, decorative, decorous, decorum, decent
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：decency 词源，decency 含义。
