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• preliminary 英文词源 preliminary (adj.) 1660s, from French préliminaire and directly from Medieval Latin praeliminaris , from Latin prae- "before" (see pre- ) + limen (genitive liminis ) "threshold" (see limit (n.)). A word that arose in reference to negotiations to end the Thirty Years' War. Earliest attested form in English is preliminaries (n.), 1650s. 中文词源 preliminary ：初步的，预备的
• prejudice 英文词源 prejudice (n.) c. 1300, "despite, contempt," from Old French prejudice "prejudice, damage" (13c.), from Medieval Latin prejudicium "injustice," from Latin praeiudicium "prior judgment," from prae- "before" (see pre- ) + iudicium "judgment," from iudex (genitive iudicis ) "a judge" (see judge (v.)). Meaning "injury, physical harm" is mid-14c., as is legal sense "detriment or damage cau
• prehensile 英文词源 prehensile prehensile: see prey prehensile (adj.) 1771, from French préhensile "adapted for grasping" (Buffon), from Latin prehensus , past participle of prehendere "to grasp, seize, get hold of," from prae- "before" (see pre- ) + -hendere , from PIE root *ghend- "to seize, take" (see get (v.)). Latin -hendere is related to hedera "ivy," via notion of "clinging." 中文词源 prehens
• pregnant 英文词源 pregnant pregnant: [16] Latin praegnās ‘pregnant’ probably originated as a compound formed from prae ‘before’ and gnascī or nascī ‘be born’ (source of English nation , native , etc). It was altered to praegnāns , bringing it in line with present participial adjectives ending in - āns , and was borrowed into English in its stem form as pregnant . From it was derived th
• prefix 英文词源 prefix prefix: see fix prefix (n.) 1640s, from Latin praefixum , noun use of neuter past participle of praefigere "fix in front, fasten on before," from prae "before" (see pre- ) + root of figere "to fasten, fix" (see fix (v.)). prefix (v.) early 15c., "appoint beforehand," from Middle French prefixer , from pre- (see pre- ) + fixer (see fix (v.)). Meaning "to place at the beginning"
• preferential 英文词源 preferential (adj.) 1805, from Medieval Latin preferentia , from Latin praeferre (see prefer ) + -al (1). 中文词源 preferential ：先取的，优先的，特惠的 词根词缀： pre-前,先 + -fer-拿取 + -ent形容词词尾 + -ial形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： preferential 词源， preferential 含义。
• preference 英文词源 preference (n.) mid-15c., "advancement in position or status;" 1650s as "act of prefering," from Middle French preference (14c., Modern French préférence ), from Medieval Latin preferentia , from past participle stem of Latin praeferrere (see prefer ). Sense of "that which one prefers" is from 1852. 中文词源 preference ：喜爱，偏爱；优先(选择)，优惠 词根词缀：
• preferable 英文词源 preferable (adj.) 1640s, from or on model of French préférable , from préfér (see prefer ). OED notes preferrable is better English but has not prevailed. Related: Preferably . 中文词源 preferable ：更可取的，更好的，更合意的 词根词缀： pre-前,先 + -fer-拿取 + -able形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： preferable 词源，
• prefer 英文词源 prefer prefer: [14] To prefer one thing is etymologically to ‘carry it before’ others. The word comes via Old French preferer from Latin praeferre ‘set before’, a compound verb formed from the prefix prae - ‘before’ and ferre ‘carry’ (source of English fertile and related to bear ). = bear prefer (v.) late 14c., "to put forward or advance in rank or fortune, to promote
• preemptive 英文词源 pre-emptive (adj.) also preemptive , 1806, "pertaining to preemption;" from pre-emption + -ive . Specifically of an attack on an enemy who is plotting his own attack, 1958, a term from the Cold War. Related: Pre-emptively ; preemptively . 中文词源 preemptive ：优先的；先发制人的 词根词缀： pre-前,先 + -empt-拿,买 + -ive形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问
• preemption 英文词源 pre-emption (n.) also preemption , c. 1600, literally "the right of purchasing before others," from pre- "before" + emption . pre-emptive (adj.) also preemptive , 1806, "pertaining to preemption;" from pre-emption + -ive . Specifically of an attack on an enemy who is plotting his own attack, 1958, a term from the Cold War. Related: Pre-emptively ; preemptively . 中文词源 preemptio
• preempt 英文词源 pre-empt (v.) also preempt , 1830, "secure by pre-emtion," back-formation from pre-emption , originally American English. In the broascasting sense, it is attested from 1965, American English, a euphemism for "cancel." Related: pre-empted ; preempted . pre-emption (n.) also preemption , c. 1600, literally "the right of purchasing before others," from pre- "before" + emption . pre-empt
• predominant 英文词源 predominant (adj.) 1570s, from Middle French prédominant (14c.), from Medieval Latin *praedominantem (nominative praedominans ), present participle of *praedominare , from Latin prae- "before" (see pre- ) + dominari "to rule" (see dominate ). Related: Predominantly . 中文词源 predominant ：占优势的，主要的，突出的 词根词缀： pre-前,先 + -domin-统治 + -ant形容
• predict 英文词源 predict (v.) 1620s (implied in predicted ), "foretell, prophesy," a back formation from prediction or else from Latin praedicatus , past participle of praedicere "foretell, advise, give notice," from prae "before" (see pre- ) + dicere "to say" (see diction ). Related: Predicted ; predicting . 中文词源 predict ：预言，预测，预告 词根词缀： pre-前,先 + -dict-说,讲 该
• predecessor 英文词源 predecessor predecessor: [14] Etymologically, predecessor is first cousin to decease , but it has never taken on decease ’s connotations of ‘dying’. Both go back to Latin dēcēdere ‘go away’ (a compound verb based on cēdere ‘go away’, source of English cede , concede , precede , etc), whose derived noun dēcessus ‘departure’ came to be used euphemistically for ‘d
• precursor 英文词源 precursor precursor: see course precursor (n.) early 15c., from Middle French precurseur and directly from Latin praecursor "forerunner," agent noun from past participle stem of praecurrere , from prae "before" (see pre- ) + currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Related: Precursory . 中文词源 precursor ：前辈，先驱；预兆，先兆  词根词缀： pre-前,先 + -curs-流
• preclusion 英文词源 preclusion (n.) 1610s, from Latin praeclusionem (nominative praeclusio ) "a shutting off," noun of action from past participle stem of praecludere (see preclude ). 中文词源 preclusion ：阻止，排除，妨碍 词根词缀： pre-前,先 + -clus-关,闭 + -ion名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： preclusion 词源， preclusion 含义。
• preclude 英文词源 preclude (v.) 1610s, from Latin praecludere "to close, shut off; hinder, impede," from prae- "before, ahead" (see pre- ) + claudere "to shut" (see close (v.)). Related: Precluded ; precluding . 中文词源 preclude ：阻止，排除，妨碍 词根词缀： pre- 前,先 + -clud- 关,闭 + -e 动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： preclude 词源， precl
• precision 英文词源 precision (n.) 1630s, "a cutting off (mentally), abstraction," from French précision (16c.) and directly from Latin praecisionem (nominative praecisio ) "a cutting off," noun of action from past participle stem of praecidere (see precise ). Meaning "preciseness" is from 1740. 中文词源 precision ：精确(性)，精密(度) 词根词缀： pre- 前 + -cis- 切 + -ion 名词词尾 该
• precise 英文词源 precise precise: [16] Something that is precise is etymologically ‘cut off in front’. The word was acquired via French précis (subsequently borrowed as the noun précis ‘summary’ in the 18th century) from Latin praecīsus , an adjectival use of the past participle of praecīdere ‘shorten’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prae - ‘in front’ and caedere ‘
• precious 英文词源 precious precious: [13] Latin pretiōsus ‘expensive, valuable, precious’ was derived from pretium ‘price’ (source of English praise , price , and prize ). English acquired it via Old French precios . The sense ‘affected’ was introduced from French in the early 18th century. = praise , price , prize precious (adj.) mid-13c., from Old French precios "precious, costly, honora
• preceding 英文词源 carnival carnival: [16] Etymologically, carnival means ‘raising flesh’ – that is, the ‘removal of meat’ from the diet during Lent ( carnival was originally a period of merrymaking preceding Lent). It comes from medieval Latin carnelevāmen , a compound noun made up of carō ‘flesh’ (source of English carnal ) and levāmen , a derivative of the verb levāre ‘lighten, ra
• precedent 英文词源 precedent (n.) early 15c., "case which may be taken as a rule in similar cases," from Middle French precedent , noun use of an adjective, from Latin praecedentum (nominative praecedens ), present participle of praecedere "go before" (see precede ). Meaning "thing or person that goes before another" is attested from mid-15c. As an adjective in English from c. 1400. As a verb meaning "t
• precede 英文词源 precede precede: [14] Precede is one of a large family of English words (including concede , proceed , succeed , and of course cede ) which go back ultimately to Latin cēdere ‘go away, withdraw, yield’. In this case the ancestor was Latin praecēdere ‘go before’, a compound verb formed with the prefix prae - ‘before’, which English acquired via Old French preceder . Prece
• precaution 英文词源 precaution (n.) c. 1600, from French précaution (16c.) and directly from Late Latin praecautionem (nominative praecautio ) "a safeguarding," from past participle stem of Latin praecavere "to guard against beforehand," from prae "before" (see pre- ) + cavere "to be one's own guard" (see caution (n.)). The verb meaning "to warn (someone) in advance" is from c. 1700. 中文词源 precau
• prayer 英文词源 prayer (n.) c. 1300, from Old French prier "prayer, petition, request" (12c., Modern French prière ), from Medieval Latin precaria "petition, prayer," noun use of Latin adjective precaria , fem. of precarius "obtained by prayer, given as a favor," from precari "to ask, beg, pray" (see pray ). Related: Prayers . Prayer-book attested from 1590s; prayer-meeting from 1780. To not have a
• praise 英文词源 praise praise: [13] Despite a certain similarity in form and meaning, praise has no connection with pray . It comes ultimately from Latin pretium ‘price’, which has also given English precious , price , prize , etc. From it was derived the late Latin verb pretiāre ‘value highly, praise’, which English acquired via Old French preisier . = precious , price , prize praise (v.) c
• practitioner 英文词源 practitioner (n.) 1540s, a hybrid formed from practitian "practitioner" (c. 1500, from French practicien , from Late Latin practicus "fit for action," see practice (v.)) on model of parishioner . Johnson has as a secondary sense "One who uses any sly or dangerous arts." 中文词源 practitioner ：开业医生(律师)；实习生，从业者，从医者   词根词缀： pract做,从
• practise 英文词源 practise chiefly British English spelling of practice . 中文词源 practise ：实践，实行；实习，练习；开业，从事   词源解释见practice词条。 词根词缀： pract做,从事 + -ise动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： practise 词源， practise 含义。 practise ：练习，实践，从业 来自practice的拼写变体。
• practice 英文词源 practice practice: [15] The ultimate source of practice is Greek prássein ‘do, practise’. From its base * prak - were derived the noun praxis ‘doing, action’ (source of English praxis [16]) and the adjective praktós ‘to be done’. On this was based praktikós ‘concerned with action, practical’. This passed into English via late Latin practicus as practice [14], which
• practical 英文词源 practical (adj.) early 15c., practicale "of or pertaining to matters of practice; applied," with -al (1) + earlier practic (adj.) "dealing with practical matters, applied, not merely theoretical" (early 15c.), or practic (n.) "method, practice, use" (late 14c.). In some cases directly from Old French practique (adj.) "fit for action," earlier pratique (13c.) and Medieval Latin practic
• practicable 英文词源 practicable (adj.) 1670s, from Middle French pratiquable (1590s), from pratiquer "to practice," from Medieval Latin practicare "to practice" (see practical ). Related: practicableness (1640s). 中文词源 practicable ：(仅指事物)能实行的，可行的   词根词缀： pract做,从事 + -ice名词词尾 + -able形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• powerful 英文词源 powerful (adj.) c. 1400, from power (n.) + -ful . Meaning "of great quality or number" is from 1811; colloquial sense of "exceedingly" (adv.) is from 1822. Related: Powerfully . Thornton ("American Glossary") notes powerful as "Much used by common people in the sense of very," along with monstrous and cites curious expressions such as devilish good , monstrous pretty (1799), dreadful
• power 英文词源 power power: [13] Old Latin * potēre was the precursor of Latin posse ‘be able or powerful’ (source of English posse and possible ). Its present participial stem potent - has given English potent . It seems to have remained current in colloquial speech, and by the 8th century AD was reasserting itself as the main form of the verb. It passed into Old French as poeir , later povoir
• poverty 英文词源 poverty poverty: see poor poverty (n.) late 12c., from Old French poverte "poverty, misery, wretched condition" (Modern French pauvreté ), from Latin paupertatem (nominative paupertas ) "poverty," from pauper "poor" (see poor (adj.)). Seeing so much poverty everywhere makes me think that God is not rich. He gives the appearance of it, but I suspect some financial difficulties. [Victo
• potentiality 英文词源 potentiality (n.) 1620s, from potential + -ity , or else from Medieval Latin potentialitas , from potentialis (see potential ). 中文词源 potentiality ：可能性，潜在性，潜势(能)；势差；(pl.)潜力    词根词缀： -pot- 能够 + -ent 形容词后缀 + -ial 形容词后缀 + -ity名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： potentiality 词源
• potential 英文词源 potential (adj.) late 14c., "possible" (as opposed to actual ), from Old French potenciel and directly from Late Latin potentialis "potential," from Latin potentia "power, might, force;" figuratively "political power, authority, influence," from potens "powerful" (see potent ). The noun, meaning "that which is possible," is first attested 1817, from the adjective. 中文词源 potenti
• potentate 英文词源 potentate (n.) c. 1400, from Old French potentat and directly from Late Latin potentatus "a ruler," also "political power," from Latin potentatus "might, power, rule, dominion," from potentem (nominative potens ) "powerful" (see potent ). 中文词源 potentate ：当权者 词根词缀： -pot- 能够 + -ent 形容词后缀 + -ate名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• potent 英文词源 potent potent: [15] Latin posse (source of English posse and possible ) meant ‘be able or powerful’. It was a conflation of an earlier verbal phrase potis esse ‘be able’. The precursor of posse was Old Latin * potēre , whose present participle potēns survived to become the present participle of posse . And its stem form potent - has given English potent , potentate [14], and
• potency 英文词源 potency (n.) mid-15c., from Latin potentia "power," from potentem "potent" (see potent ). 中文词源 potency ：威力，力量，权力；效力，效能 词根词缀： -pot-能,能够 + -ency名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： potency 词源， potency 含义。
• posture 英文词源 posture posture: see position posture (n.) c. 1600, from French posture (16c.), from Italian postura "position, posture," from Latin positura "position, station," from postulus from past participle stem of ponere "to put, place" (see position (n.)). posture (v.) 1620s, literal, from posture (n.). The figurative sense of "take up an artificial mental position" is attested from 1877. Re
• postscript 英文词源 postscript postscript: see post postscript (n.) 1550s, from Latin post scriptum "written after," from neuter past participle of Latin postscribere "write after," from post "after" (see post- ) + scribere "to write" (see script (n.)). 中文词源 postscript ：(信末签名后的)附言，又及；(正文后的)补充说明，结束语 词根词缀： post-后 + -script-写 该词的英
• postpone 英文词源 postpone postpone: see post postpone (v.) c. 1500, from Latin postponere "put after; esteem less; neglect; postpone," from post "after" (see post- ) + ponere "put, place" (see position (n.)). Related: Postponed ; postponing . 中文词源 postpone ：推迟，使延期 词根词缀： post-后 + -pon-放置 + -e → 把事情向后方 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• postmeridian 英文词源 postmeridian "The hours after midday, the afternoon. Chiefly figurative . Now rare ", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in Brian Melbancke (d. 1600), writer. As noun from post-classical Latin postmeridianum the hours after midday, afternoon, use as noun of neuter of classical Latin postmerīdiānus , adjective; as adjective from classical Latin postmerīdiānus (also in contracted f
• postgraduate 英文词源 post post: Including the prefix post -, English has four different words post . The oldest, ‘long upright piece of wood, metal, etc’ [OE], was borrowed from Latin postis . From it was derived the verb post ‘fix to a post’, which in turn produced poster [19], denoting a placard that can be ‘posted’ up. Post ‘mail’ [16] comes via French poste and Italian posta from Vulga
• posterior 英文词源 posterior (adj.) 1530s, "later," from Latin posterior "after, later, behind," comparative of posterus "coming after, subsequent," from post "after" (see post- ). Meaning "situated behind" is from 1630s. posterior (n.) "buttocks," euphemistic, 1610s, from posterior (adj.). Earlier it meant "those who come after, posterity" (1530s). Compare Lithuanian pasturas "the last, the hindmost,"
• postcard 英文词源 postcard (n.) 1870, from post (n.3) + card (n). 中文词源 postcard ：明信片 词根词缀： post + card 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： postcard 词源， postcard 含义。 postcard ：明信片 post,邮寄，card,卡片。
• postal 英文词源 postal (adj.) "pertaining to the mail system," 1843, on model of French postale (1836), from post (n.3). Noun meaning "state of irrational and violent anger" (usually in phrase going postal ) attested by 1997, in reference to a cluster of news-making workplace shootings in U.S. by what were commonly described as "disgruntled postal workers" (the cliche itself, though not the phrase, g
• postage 英文词源 postage (n.) 1580s, "sending of mail by post;" 1650s as "cost of sending something by mail," from post (n.3) + -age . Postage stamp is attested from 1840; they were recorded as being collected in albums by 1862. 中文词源 postage ：邮资 词根词缀： post(= -posit- )放置→邮递 + -age名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： postage 词源， post
• possibly 英文词源 possibly (adv.) c. 1400, from possible (adj.) + -ly (2). 中文词源 possibly ：尽可能地，也许，或者  词根词缀： -poss-能,能够 + -ible形容词词尾(e略) + -ly副词词尾(l略) 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： possibly 词源， possibly 含义。
• possibility 英文词源 possibility (n.) late 14c., "condition of being possible," from Old French possibilité (13c.) and directly from Latin possibilitatem (nom. possibilitas ) "possibility," from possibilis (see possible (adj.)). Meaning "a possible thing or substance" is from c. 1400. Related: Possibilities . 中文词源 possibility ：可能，可能性；可能的事，希望    词根词缀： -po
• possessor 英文词源 have (v.) Old English habban "to own, possess; be subject to, experience," from Proto-Germanic *haben- (cognates: Old Norse hafa , Old Saxon hebbjan , Old Frisian habba , German haben , Gothic haban "to have"), from PIE *kap- "to grasp" (see capable ). Not related to Latin habere , despite similarity in form and sense; the Latin cognate is capere "seize. Sense of "possess, have at one
• possession 英文词源 possession (n.) mid-14c., "act or fact of possessing, a taking possession, occupation," also "thing possessed, that which is possessed," from Old French possession "fact of having and holding; what is possessed;" also "demonic possession," and directly from Latin possessionem (nominative possessio ), noun of action from past participle stem of possidere "to possess" (see possess ). Le
• possess 英文词源 possess possess: [15] Latin potis ‘able, having power’ (source of English posse and potent ) was combined with the verb sīdere ‘sit down’ (a relative of English sit ) to form a new verb possīdere . This meant literally ‘sit down as the person in control’, hence by extension ‘take possession of’ and ultimately ‘have, own’. It passed into English via Old French pos
• positive 英文词源 positive (adj.) early 14c., originally a legal term meaning "formally laid down," from Old French positif (13c.) and directly from Latin positivus "settled by agreement, positive" (opposed to naturalis "natural"), from positus , past participle of ponere "put, place" (see position (n.)). Sense of "absolute" is from mid-15c. Meaning in philosophy of "dealing only with facts" is from 15
• position 英文词源 position position: [15] Position comes via Old French from Latin positiō , a noun formed from posit -, the past participial stem of Latin pōnere ‘put, place’. This was also the source of English posit [17], positive [13] (which etymologically means ‘placed down, laid down’, hence ‘emphatically asserted’), post (in the senses ‘mail’ and ‘job’), and posture [17]. A
• posit 英文词源 posit (v.) "to assert," 1690s, from Latin positus "placed, situated, standing, planted," past participle of ponere "put, place" (see position (n.)). Related: Posited ; positing . 中文词源 posit ：安置，安排；断[假]定；论断  -posit-放置 → posit 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： posit 词源， posit 含义。 posit ：假定，假设 来自拉丁
• pose 英文词源 pose pose: [16] Pose and pause come ultimately from the same source. This was late Latin pausāre ‘stop, pause’. In Vulgar Latin it came to be associated with pōnere ‘put’, and particularly, owing to the similarity of form, with its past participle positum (source of English position ), and gradually started to take over its meaning. Hence Old French poser , source of the Eng
• portray 英文词源 portray (v.) mid-13c., "to draw, paint" (something), from Anglo-French purtraire , Old French portraire "to draw, to paint, portray" (12c.), literally "trace, draw forth," from por- "forth" (from Latin pro- ; see pro- ) + traire "trace, draw," from Latin trahere "to drag, draw" (see tract (n.1)). Meaning "depict in words, describe" is from late 14c. Related: Portrayed ; portraying . 中
• portrait 英文词源 portrait portrait: [16] Portrait was borrowed from French portrait , which originated as the past participle of the verb portraire ‘depict’ (source of English portray [14]). This was descended from Latin prōtrahere , a compound verb formed from the prefix prō - ‘forth’ and trahere ‘draw’ (source of English tractor ). This originally meant ‘draw out, reveal’, and also
• portion 英文词源 portion (n.) early 14c., "allotted part, share," from Old French porcion "part, portion" (12c., Modern French portion ) and directly from Latin portionem (nominative portio ) "share, part," accusative of the noun in the phrase pro portione "according to the relation (of parts to each other)" (see proportion ). From late 14c. in general sense of "section into which something is divided
• portico 英文词源 portico portico: see porch portico (n.) c. 1600, from Italian portico , from Latin porticus "colonnade, arcade, covered walk, porch," from porta "gate" (see port (n.1)). Especially of the Painted Porch in Athens. 中文词源 portico ：(有圆柱的)门廊，柱廊 来源于拉丁语中名词porta, portae, f(门,入口)派生的porticus(盖着的长廊或入口)。 词根词缀： -p
• porter 英文词源 porter porter: English has two distinct words porter , one for a ‘person who carries things’ [14] and the other for a ‘door attendant’ [13]. The former comes via Old French portour from medieval Latin portātor , a derivative of Latin portāre ‘carry’ (source of English import , portable , etc). It is generally assumed that porter the beer, first heard of in the 18th centu
• portal 英文词源 portal (n.) late 14c., "gate, gateway," from Old French portal "gate" (Modern French portail ) and directly from Medieval Latin portale "city gate, porch," from neuter of portalis (adj.) "of a gate," from Latin porta "gate" (see port (n.1)). 中文词源 portal ：入口，大门 词根词缀： -port-门 + -al名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： portal 词
• portage 英文词源 portage (n.) early 15c., "action of carrying," said to be from Old French portage , Medieval Latin portaticum , though the meaning of these was "tax paid on entering a town," from Latin portare "to carry" (see port (n.1)). Sense of "carrying of boats from one navigable water to another" is from 1690s, reinforced in Canadian French. 中文词源 portage ：水陆联运，搬运 词根词
• portable 英文词源 portable (adj.) early 15c., from French portable "that can be carried," from Late Latin portabilis "that can be carried," from Latin portare "to carry" (see port (n.1)). Related: Portability . 中文词源 portable ：便于携带的；手提式的，轻便的，可移动的 词根词缀： -port-运输,携带 + -able形容词词尾,被动意义 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• port 英文词源 port port: English has no fewer than five distinct words port , all of them going back to the Latin stem port -, a descendant of the Indo-European base * por - ‘going, passage’ (from which English also gets fare , ford , etc). Based on this stem was portus ‘harbour’ (etymologically a ‘place by which one enters’), which was borrowed into English as port ‘harbour’ [OE].
• porous 英文词源 porous (adj.) late 14c., "full of pores," from Old French poros (14c., Modern French poreux ), from Medieval Latin porosus ; or directly from Latin porus "an opening" (see pore (n.)). Figurative use from 1640s. 中文词源 porous ：多孔的 词源解释见pore²词条 与词根-port-(运输)同源词根词缀： -por-(通过,通道) + -ous 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• porosity 英文词源 porosity (n.) late 14c., from Old French porosité , from Medieval Latin porositas , from porus (see pore (n.)). 中文词源 porosity ：多孔性 词源解释见pore²词条 与词根-port-(运输)同源词根词缀： -por-(通过,通道) + -osity 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： porosity 词源， porosity 含义。 porosity ：孔隙率 来自pore,孔隙。
• pork 英文词源 pork pork: [13] Latin porcus ‘pig’ went back to a prehistoric Indo-European * porko -, which also produced Russian porosenok ‘pig’, Irish orc ‘pig’, and English farrow . It passed into Old French as porc , which English adopted as a term for the ‘flesh of pigs used as food’. Derivatives that have made it to English include porcelain , porcupine , and porpoise . = farro
• pore 英文词源 pore pore: English has two words pore . The older, ‘look attentively’ [13], may go back to a hypothetical Old English * pūrian , which might make it a relative of the nearly synonymous peer [16]. The pore in the skin [14] comes via Old French pore and Latin porus from Greek póros ‘passage’, a descendant of the Indo-European base * por - ‘going, passage’, which also produ
• porch 英文词源 porch porch: [13] Porch and portico [17] are ultimately the same word. Both go back to Italian portico , a descendant of Latin porticus ‘covered gallery or entry’, but whereas portico was borrowed directly, porch came via Old French porche . Porticus was derived from Latin porta ‘gate’, source of the port of English porthole . = port , portico porch (n.) c. 1300, "covered entr
• populous 英文词源 populous (adj.) early 15c., from post-classical Latin populosus "full of people, populous," from populus "people" (see people (n.)). Related: Populousness . 中文词源 populous ：人口多的，人口稠密的 词根词缀： -popul-人民 + -ous形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： populous 词源， populous 含义。
• population 英文词源 population (n.) 1610s, from Late Latin populationem (nominative populatio ) "a people; a multitude," as if from Latin populus "a people" (see people (n.)). Population explosion is first attested 1953. 中文词源 population ：人口；人口数 词根词缀： -popul-人民 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： population 词源， population 含义
• popularize 英文词源 popularize (v.) "to make a complex topic intelligible to the people," 1833, from popular + -ize . Earlier "to cater to popular taste" (1590s); "to make popular" (1797). Related: Popularized ; popularizing . 中文词源 popularize ：使大众化；推广 词根词缀： -popul-人民 + -ar形容词词尾 + -ize 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： popularize 词源，
• popularity 英文词源 popularity (n.) "fact or condition of being beloved by the people," c. 1600, from French popularité (15c.), from popular + -ity . Classical Latin popularitas meant "fellow-citizenship." Popularity contest is from 1880. 中文词源 popularity ：大众性；流行；普及 词根词缀： -popul-人民 + -ar形容词词尾 + -ity名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• popular 英文词源 popular popular: [15] Popular is one of a range of English words that go back to Latin populus ‘people’. Besides people (which came via Old French) and popular itself, these include populace [16], population [16], and public . It is not clear where populus itself came from, although some have linked it with the Indo- European base * plē - ‘fill’, source of English full and Gr
• poor 英文词源 poor poor: [13] Poor came via Old French povre from Latin pauper ‘poor’. This is thought originally to have been a compound meaning literally ‘getting little’, formed from paucus ‘little’ (a distant relative of English few ) and parāre ‘get, prepare’ (source of English prepare ). Its derivative paupertās has given English poverty [12], and pauper itself was acquired
• pollution 英文词源 pollution (n.) mid-14c., "discharge of semen other than during sex," later, "desecration, defilement" (late 14c.), from Late Latin pollutionem (nominative pollutio ) "defilement," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin polluere "to soil, defile, contaminate," from por- "before" + -luere "smear," from PIE root *leu- "dirt; make dirty" (cognates: Latin lutum "mud, mire, clay,
• pollute 英文词源 pollute (v.) late 14c., "to defile," a back formation from pollution , or else from Latin pollutus , past participle of polluere "to defile, pollute, contaminate." Related: Polluted ; polluting . Meaning "make physically foul" is from 1540s; specific sense "contaminate the environment" emerged from late 19c. 中文词源 pollute ：弄脏，污染；腐蚀   来源于拉丁语动词
• pollutant 英文词源 pollutant (n.) 1888, from pollute + -ant . Related: Pollutants . 中文词源 pollutant ：污染性物质   词根词缀： -pollut-弄脏 + -ant名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pollutant 词源， pollutant 含义。 pollutant ：污染物 来自pollute,污染。
• polity 英文词源 polity polity: see policy polity (n.) 1530s, from Middle French politie (early 15c.) or directly from Late Latin polita "organized government" (see policy (n.1)). 中文词源 polity ：政体，国家组织   词根词缀： -polit-政治 + -y名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： polity 词源， polity 含义。 polity ：政体 来自拉丁语polita,有
• politics 英文词源 politics politics: [16] Politics is etymologically the art of ‘civil administration’. It is an English rendering of Greek tà polītiká ‘affairs of state’. Greek polītikós ‘of the city or state, civil, political’ was a derivative of polítēs ‘citizen’, which in turn came from pólis ‘city, state’ (source also of English police and policy and related to Sanskrit
• politician 英文词源 politician (n.) 1580s, "person skilled in politics," from politics + -ian . It quickly took on overtones, not typically good ones. Johnson defines it as "A man of artifice; one of deep contrivance." 中文词源 politician ：从政者，政治家；政客，见风使舵者   词根词缀： -polit-政治 + -ician名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： po
• polite 英文词源 polite polite: [15] Someone who is polite is etymologically ‘polished’ – indeed that is what the word originally meant in English (‘The arch within and without was hiled [covered] with gold polite’, Mirror of man’s salvation 1450). This had passed metaphorically into ‘refined’ by the 16th century, but not until the 17th century did the modern sense ‘having refined ma
• policymaker 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random decree decree: see discern 中文词源 policymaker ：政策制定者，决策人  词根词缀： polic(-polis-)政治 + -y名词词尾 + make + -er 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： policymaker 词源， policymaker 含义。
• policy 英文词源 policy policy: English has two distinct and completely unrelated words policy . The one meaning ‘plan of action’ [14] comes via Old French policie from Latin polītīa ‘civil administration’, source also of English police and the now archaic polity [16]. This in turn came from Greek polīteíā , a derivative of pólis ‘city’ (source of English politics ). But the insuranc
• polestar 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random jovial jovial: [16] Etymologically, jovial simply means ‘born under the influence of the planet Jupiter’. It comes via French from Italian gioviale , a derivative of Giove ‘Jupiter’, which itself goes back to the Latin stem Jov - (from which English also gets Jove [14], as in by Jove! ). Jupiter was thought of as endowin
• pole 英文词源 pole pole: There are two separate words pole in English. Pole ‘long thin piece of wood’ [OE] comes from a pre- historic Germanic * pāl - (source also of German pfahl , Dutch paal , and Swedish påla ). This was borrowed from Latin pālus ‘stake’, from which English gets pale ‘stake’. Pole ‘extremity’ [14] was acquired from Latin polus , which in turn went back to Gree
• polaron 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random brute brute: [15] The primordial meaning of brute appears to be ‘heavy’. It comes from Latin brūtus ‘heavy’, and it has been speculated that it is related to Latin grāvis ‘heavy’ (from which English gets grave , gravity , and grieve ). In Latin the sense ‘heavy’ had already progressed to ‘stupid’, and it la