英语词源

• jacaranda 英文词源 jacaranda (n.) tropical American tree, 1753, from Portuguese jacarandá , from Tupi yacaranda . 中文词源 jacaranda ：蓝花楹木 来自南美土著语yacaranda,芳香的，即芳香的木头。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jacaranda 词源， jacaranda 含义。
• jabber 英文词源 jabber (v.) 1650s, spelling variant of Middle English jablen (c. 1400), also javeren, jaberen , probably ultimately echoic. Related: Jabbered ; jabbering . The noun is 1727, from the verb. 中文词源 jabber ：含混不清的说话 拟声词，模仿含混不清说话的声音。比较gabble,gibberish. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jabber 词源， jabber 含义
• jab 英文词源 jab (v.) 1825, "to thrust with a point," Scottish variant of job "to strike, pierce, thrust," from Middle English jobben "to jab, thrust, peck" (late 15c.), of unknown origin, perhaps echoic. Related: Jabbed ; jabbing . jab (n.) 1825, from jab (v.). Meaning "a punch with the fist" is from 1889. Sense of "injection with a hypodermic needle," beloved by headline writers, is from 1914. 中
• ja 英文词源 ja "South African term for yes", Dutch. 中文词源 ja ：是，对 来自yes俚语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ja 词源， ja 含义。
• jur- 英文词源 Veda (n.) ancient sacred Hindu book, 1734, from Sanskrit veda , literally "knowledge, understanding," especially "sacred knowledge," from root vid- "to know," from PIE root *weid- "to see" (related to wit , and to Avestan vaeda "I know," Latin videre "to see;" see vision (n.)). The books are the Rig- , Yajur- , Sama- , and Atharva-veda . jural "Relating to the law", Mid 17th century:
• Jonah 英文词源 Jonah masc. proper name, biblical prophet, from Hebrew Yonah , literally "dove, pigeon." 中文词源 Jonah （灾星）：圣经中给商船带来厄运的约拿 《圣经》中，约拿（Jonah）是一名犹太先知。有一回，上帝让他前往亚述国的尼尼微城，警告这个城市的人停止作恶，否则就要毁灭这座城市。因为亚述人是犹太人的敌人，
• judas 英文词源 Judas biblical betrayer of Christ, Latin form of Greek Ioudas , from Hebrew Yehudha (see Judah ). As a name for a malicious traitor, it is attested from late 15c. Judas priest as an exclamation in place of "Jesus Christ" is from 1914. Judas tree (1660s) supposedly was the type from which Judas hanged himself. The Judas goat (1941) leads sheep to the shackling pen. 中文词源 judas （
• jean 英文词源 Jean masc. proper name, from French equivalent of John . Fem. proper name is from French equivalent of Jane . jean (n.) "twilled cotton cloth," mid-15c., from Middle French jean fustian "fustian (a type of twilled cotton cloth) of Genoa," the city in Italy, from Old French Jannes "Genoa," from Latin Genua (see Genoa ). The plural form jeans became standard 19c. 中文词源 jean （牛仔
• jeopardy 英文词源 jeopardy jeopardy: [14] The semantic focus of jeopardy has changed subtly over the centuries. Originally it meant ‘even chance’, but gambling being the risky business it is, and human nature having a strong streak of pessimism, attention was soon focussed on the ‘chanciness’ rather than the ‘evenness’, and by the late 14th century jeopardy was being used in its modern sens
• jersey 英文词源 jersey (n.) 1580s as a type of knitted cloth; 1842 as a breed of cattle; both from Jersey , one of the Channel Islands. Its name is said to be a corruption of Latin Caesarea , the Roman name for the island (or another near it), influenced by Old English ey "island;" but perhaps rather a Viking name (perhaps meaning "Geirr's island"). The meaning "woolen knitted close-fitting tunic," e
• July 英文词源 July July: [13] July was the month in which Julius Caesar was born. Originally in ancient Rome it was called Quintilis , literally ‘fifth month’ (the Roman year began in March), but after the death and deification of Caesar its name was changed in his honour. Latin Jūlius passed into English via Anglo-Norman julie , and until the 18th century the word was usually pronounced to rh
• jaywalker 英文词源 jay jay: [13] Like the robin, the jay may have been christened originally with a human name; Latin Gaius . At all events, the term for it in postclassical Latin was gaius , which passed into English via Old French jay . The term jaywalker for ‘one who crosses the road illegally’ originated in the USA around the time of World War I; it was based on an American use of jay for a ‘f
• just- 英文词源 just (adv.) "merely, barely," 1660s, from Middle English sense of "exactly, precisely, punctually" (c. 1400), from just (adj.), and paralleling the adverbial use of French juste . Just-so story first attested 1902 in Kipling, from the expression just so "exactly that, in that very way" (1751). 中文词源 just- （正义）：罗马神话中的正义女神朱斯提提亚 在古希腊神
• jovian 英文词源 Jovian (adj.) 1520s, "of Jove," from Latin Jovis (see Jove ) + -ian . Meaning "of the planet Jupiter" is recorded from 1794. Latin Jovianus was a masculine proper name. 中文词源 jovian （威风凛凛的）：罗马神话中的神王朱庇特 在罗马神话中，与宙斯对应的神被称为Jove，但为了表示尊重，罗马人又称其为 Jupiter（朱庇特），由Jove+pet
• juggernaut 英文词源 juggernaut juggernaut: [17] Hindi Jagganath is a title of Krishna, one of the avatars, or incarnations, of the god Vishnu, the Preserver. It comes from Sanskrit Jagganātha , a compound of jagat - ‘world’ and nāthás ‘lord’. It is applied also to a large wagon on which an image of the god is carried in procession (notably in an annual festival in Puri, a town in the northeast
• jazz 英文词源 jazz jazz: [20] Words of unknown origin always attract speculation, and it is hardly surprising that such an unusual and high-profile one as jazz (first recorded in 1913) should have had more than its fair share (one of the more ingenious and colourful theories is that it comes from the nickname of one Jasbo Brown, an itinerant black musician along the Mississippi – Jasbo perhaps be
• January 英文词源 January January: [14] The ancient Romans had a god named Janus whose head had two faces, looking in opposite directions. He was the tutelary deity of doorways, and his festival month was at the beginning of the year, when he could look both backwards at the old year and forwards to the new one. This month was therefore called Jānuārius mensis ‘month of Janus’ – whence English
• just 英文词源 just just: [14] Latin jūs originated in the terminology of religious cults, perhaps to begin with signifying something like ‘sacred formula’. By classical times, however, it denoted ‘right’, and particularly ‘legal right, law’, and it has provided English with a number of words connected with ‘rightness’ in general and with the process of law. The derived adjective jū
• juvenile 英文词源 juvenile (adj.) 1620s, from Latin iuvenilis "of or belonging to youth," from iuvenis "young person," originally "young" (compare French jeune ; see young ). Juvenile delinquency first recorded 1816; Juvenile delinquent the following year. 中文词源 juvenile （青少年）：罗马神话中的青春女神尤文图斯 尤文图斯（Juventas）是罗马神话中的青春女神，是神
• June 英文词源 June June: [13] June is the month of Juno, the Roman goddess of women and marriage, and wife and sister of Jupiter. Its Latin name was Jūnius mēnsis , ‘Juno’s month’, and Jūnius passed into English via Old French juin . June c. 1100, from Latin Iunius (mensis) , probably a variant of Iunonius , "sacred to Juno" (see Juno ). Replaced Old English liðe se ærra "earlier mildnes
• Jupiter 英文词源 Jupiter Jupiter: see jovial Jupiter (n.) c. 1200, "supreme deity of the ancient Romans," from Latin Iupeter , from PIE *dyeu-peter- "god-father" (originally vocative, "the name naturally occurring most frequently in invocations" [Tucker]), from *deiw-os "god" (see Zeus ) + peter "father" in the sense of "male head of a household" (see father ). Compare Greek Zeu pater , vocative of Ze
• Ireland 英文词源 Ireland 12c., Anglo-Norman, with land + native Eriu (see Irish ). 中文词源 Ireland （爱尔兰）：爱尔女神的土地 爱尔兰的英文名Ireland及其民族名称Irish(爱尔兰人)均源自古爱尔兰语Eriu(爱尔）。 Eriu (爱尔）含有“富有、富饶、肥沃”之意，在古爱尔兰神话中，它是一位女神的名字。 据说，当爱尔兰人祖先最初登
• Iran 英文词源 Iran from Persian Iran , from Middle Persian Ērān "(land) of the Iranians," genitive plural of ēr- "an Iranian," from Old Iranian *arya- (Old Persian ariya- , Avestan airya- ) "Iranian", from Indo-Iranian *arya- or *ārya- (see Aryan ), a self-designation, perhaps meaning "compatriot." In 1935 the government of Reza Shah Pahlavi requested governments with which it had diplomatic re
• India 英文词源 India Old English, from Latin India , from Greek India "region of the Indus River," later used of the region beyond it, from Indos "Indus River," from Old Persian Hindu , the name for the province of Sind, from Sanskrit sindhu "river." The more common Middle English form was Ynde or Inde , From French (see Indies ). India began to prevail 16c., perhaps under Spanish or Portuguese infl
• Iceland 英文词源 berserk berserk: [19] Sir Walter Scott appears to be responsible for introducing this word to the English language. He mentions it in a footnote to his novel The pirate 1822, adopting it (in the form berserkar ) from the Icelandic berserkr ‘frenzied Norse warrior’. Its etymology is not altogether clear. Its second syllable represents serkr ‘coat, shirt’ (a word English used to
• Indian Ocean 英文词源 Indian Ocean first attested 1515 in Modern Latin ( Oceanus Orientalis Indicus ), named for India , which projects into it; earlier it was the Eastern Ocean , as opposed to the Western Ocean (Atlantic) before the Pacific was surmised. 中文词源 Indian Ocean （印度洋）：前往印度要经过的大洋 长久以来，欧洲的航海家们都在致力于寻找一条通过航海到达
• Iowa 英文词源 Iowa organized as a U.S. territory 1838; admitted as a state 1846, ultimately from the name of the native people, of the Chiwere branch of the Aiouan family; said to be from Dakota ayuxba "sleepy ones." 中文词源 Iowa ：艾奥瓦州 Iowa，又译爱荷华州或衣阿华州。最初出自苏族人的语言Ayuhwa，字面意思为“懒人”，是苏族对一个位于现在爱荷华境
• Indiana 英文词源 Indiana named mid-18c. by French explorers or settlers; see Indian + Latin-derived place-name suffix -ana . Organized as a U.S. territory 1800, admitted as a state 1816. 中文词源 Indiana ：印第安纳州 很显然，Indiana就是“印第安人居住的地方”，很符合欧洲一些语言词汇的规律。印第安纳最初为法国殖民地，就姑且算它是来自法语吧。
• Illinois 英文词源 Illinois U.S. territory created 1809; name is from a native Algonquian people who called themselves Inoca (1725), also written Ilinouek , Old Ottawa for "ordinary speaker." The modern form represents a 17c. French spelling, pronounced "ilinwe" at that time. Admitted as a state 1818. 中文词源 Illinois ：伊利诺伊州 最初来源于当地的部落名Illiniwek，简称Illini（就是
• Idaho 英文词源 Idaho c. 1860, as a place name, originally applied to part of what is now eastern Colorado (Idaho Territory organized 1863; admitted as a state 1890); from Kiowa-Apache (Athabaskan) idaahe "enemy," a name applied by them to the Comanches. 中文词源 Idaho ：爱达荷州 Idaho，又译爱德华州。得名于舒朔奈语，词源为Eedahhow。这个词里，Ee表示”靠近“（ap
• impartible 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random nutrition nutrition: see nurse 中文词源 impartible ：不可分割的，不可分的 词根词缀： im-不,无,非 + -part-分,局部 + -ible形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： impartible 词源， impartible 含义。
• impartiality 英文词源 impartiality (n.) 1610s; see impartial + -ity . 中文词源 impartiality ：公平，公正，不偏不倚 词根词缀： im-不,无,非 + -part-分,局部 + -ial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文版： impartiality 词源， impartiality 含义。
• innovator 英文词源 innovator (n.) 1590s, from Late Latin innovator , agent noun from innovare (see innovate ). 中文词源 innovator ：改革者；刷新者 词根词缀： in-加强意义 + -nov-新 + -ator名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： innovator 词源， innovator 含义。
• innominate 英文词源 innominate "Not named or classified", Mid 17th century: from late Latin innominatus , from in- 'not' + nominatus 'named' (past participle of nominare ). 中文词源 innominate ：无名的，匿名的 词根词缀： in-不,无,非 + -nomin-名 + -ate形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： innominate 词源， innominate 含义。
• innocuity 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tractor tractor: [17] Tractor is one of a large family of English words that come from tractus , the past participle of Latin trahere ‘pull’ (others include abstract [14], attract , contract , detract [15], distract [14], extract [15], retract , subtract , trace , tract [14], tractable [16], traction [17], trait , treat , tr
• itinerate 英文词源 itinerate (v.) c. 1600, from Late Latin itineratus , past participle of itinerare "to travel" (see itinerant ). Especially "to travel from place to place preaching" (1775). Related: Itinerated ; itinerating . 中文词源 itinerate ：巡回，游历   拉丁语中,eo(我走)派生了名词iter, itineris, n(一次旅行),名词iter派生了动词itinerari(旅行),动词itinerari(旅行
• irritative 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bad bad: [13] For such a common word, bad has a remarkably clouded history. It does not begin to appear in English until the end of the 13th century, and has no apparent relatives in other languages (the uncanny resemblance to Persian bad is purely coincidental). The few clues we have suggest a regrettably homophobic origin. Old
• ireful 英文词源 direful "Extremely bad; dreadful", Late 16th century: from dire + -ful. 中文词源 ireful ：愤怒的  来源于拉丁语名词ira, irae, f(怒)。 词根词缀： ir怒 + -e + -ful形容词词尾 同源词：irascible, irate, ire, irritable, irritate 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ireful 词源， ireful 含义。
• irascibility 英文词源 irascibility (n.) 1750, from irascible + -ity . 中文词源 irascibility ：易怒，性情暴躁  词根词缀： irasc发怒 + -ibility名词词尾 同源词：irascible, irate, ire, irritable, irritate 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： irascibility 词源， irascibility 含义。
• intromit 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random place place: [13] A place is etymologically a ‘broad’ area. The word comes ultimately from the Greek expression plateia hodós ‘broad way’ (the adjective platús ‘broad’ is probably related to English flat ). Plateia came to be used on its own as a noun, and passed into Latin as platea ‘broad street, open area’.
• introductory 英文词源 introductory (adj.) c. 1600, from Late Latin introductorius , from introduct- , past participle stem of introducere "to lead in, bring in" (see introduction ). Also used in English from c. 1400 as a noun meaning "introductory treatise or textbook." 中文词源 introductory ：介绍的；导言的  词根词缀： intro-向内 + -duct-引导 + -ory形容词词尾 该词的英语词源
• introducer 英文词源 introduce introduce: [16] Introduce means etymologically ‘lead inside’. It was borrowed from Latin intrōdūcere ‘lead in’, a compound verb formed from the prefix intrō - ‘in, inside’ and dūcere ‘lead’ (source of English duct , duke , educate , produce , etc). Of its main secondary meanings, ‘use for the first time, originate’ emerged in Latin but ‘make known p
• Internet 英文词源 Internet (n.) 1985, "the linked computer networks of the U.S. Defense Department," shortened from internetwork , from inter- + network (n.). 中文词源 internet ：因特网 inter-,在内，在中间，相互，net,网，网络。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： internet 词源， internet 含义。 Internet ：国际互联网   interactive network的缩写。
• internationalism 英文词源 internationalism (n.) 1851, from international + -ism . 中文词源 internationalism ：国际主义  词根词缀： inter-中间,之间,相互 + -nat-生 + -ion名词词尾 + -al形容词词尾 + -ism名词词尾,主义 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： internationalism 词源， internationalism 含义。
• intermigration 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random felt felt: [OE] Etymologically, felt is a fabric that is formed by ‘beating’ (as indeed is the case, for it is made from compressed fibres). The word comes via West Germanic * feltaz or * filtiz (source also of German filz and Dutch vilt ‘felt’, and of English filter ) from prehistoric Indo- European * peldos , a derivat
• interlunar 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tomorrow tomorrow: [OE] Tomorrow was formed (following the model of today ) from the preposition to (here in the sense ‘at, on’) and morgenne , the dative form of Old English morgen ‘morning’, which has evolved into modern English morn and morrow. = morning 中文词源 interlunar ：看不见月亮期间的 词根词缀：
• interdental 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random market market: [12] The Latin word for ‘goods to be sold’ was merx (source of English commerce , merchant , and mercury ). From it was derived the verb mercārī ‘buy’, and its past participle produced the noun mercātus ‘trade, market’. In Vulgar Latin this became * marcātus , which was adopted into early Middle En
• intercession 英文词源 intercession (n.) early 15c., "act of interceding," from Latin intercessionem (nominative intercessio ) "a going between," noun of action from past participle stem of intercedere (see intercede ). The modern sense was not in classical Latin. 中文词源 intercession ：求情，说情，调停，斡旋   词根词缀： inter-中间,之间,相互 + -cess-行走,退让 + -ion名词词
• integrative 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random quantity quantity: [14] Latin quantus meant ‘how much’ (it was a compound adjective formed from quī ‘who’). From it was derived the noun quantitās ‘extent, amount’, which passed into English via Old French quantite . Quantum [17], a noun use of the neuter form of the Latin adjective, originally denoted simply ‘am
• integrant 英文词源 integrant "(Of parts) making up or contributing to a whole; constituent", Mid 17th century (as an adjective): from French intégrant , from the verb intégrer , from Latin integrare (see integrate ). 中文词源 integrant ：部分的，必须的，构成整体的 词根词缀： -integr-完整 + -ant形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： integrant 词源
• integrality 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random placenta placenta: [17] Latin placenta originally meant ‘flat cake’. It was borrowed from Greek plakóenta , the accusative form of plakóeis ‘flat cake’, which was derived from pláx ‘flat surface’ (possible relative of English plank ). Its application to the afterbirth (originally in the phrase placenta uterīna ‘
• innovative 英文词源 innovative (adj.) 1806 (with an isolated use from c. 1600), from innovate + -ive . Related: Innovatively ; innovativeness . 中文词源 innovative ：创新的，新颖的；富有创新精神的  词根词缀： in-加强意义 + -nov-新 + -ative形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： innovative 词源， innovative 含义。
• inharmony 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bread bread: [OE] The general Germanic word for ‘bread’ in prehistoric times was what we now know as loaf; bread probably originally meant simply ‘(piece of) food’, but as bread was among the commonest foods, the word bread gradually became more specialized, passing via ‘piece of bread’, ‘broken bread’, to simply
• inharmonical 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random genitive genitive: see general 中文词源 inharmonical ：不和谐的  词根词缀： in-不,无 + -harmon-和谐 + -ical形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： inharmonical 词源， inharmonical 含义。
• inhabitance 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random Adam Adam: Adam’s apple [18] The original apple in question was the forbidden fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which the serpent in the Garden of Eden tricked Eve into eating, and which she in turn persuaded Adam to eat. It was traditionally believed that a piece of it stuck in Adam’s throat, and so it be
• ingravescent 英文词源 ingravescent "(Of a condition or symptom) gradually increasing in severity", Early 19th century: from Latin ingravescent- 'growing heavy or worse', from the verb ingravescere (based on gravis 'heavy'). 中文词源 ingravescent ：病越来越重的   词根词缀： in-加强意义 + -grav-重;压迫 + -escent形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： in
• inflictive 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gravel gravel: [13] Gravel is of Celtic origin. It has been traced to a prehistoric Celtic * gravo - ‘gravel’, never actually recorded but deduced from Breton grouan and Cornish grow ‘soft granite’. French borrowed it as grave ‘gravel, pebbles’ (perhaps the source of the English verb grave ‘clean a ship’s bottom’
• inflicter 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random eucharist eucharist: [14] The Greek-based eucharist corresponds to native English thanksgiving . It comes via Old French eucariste and late Latin eucharistia from Greek eukharistíā ‘gratitude’. This was a derivative of eukháristos ‘grateful’, a compound adjective formed from the prefix eu - ‘well’ and kharízestha
• inflexion 英文词源 inflexion (n.) see inflection ; also see -xion . 中文词源 inflexion ：弯曲；屈折；音调变化   词根词缀： in-入,向内 + -flex-弯曲,曲折 + -ion名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： inflexion 词源， inflexion 含义。
• inflator 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random waist waist: [14] Waist is something of a mystery word, but it is generally taken to denote etymologically ‘girth to which one has grown’. It is probably descended from an unrecorded Old English * wæst , which would have gone back to prehistoric Germanic * wakhs - ‘grow’, source of English wax ‘grow’ (as in wax and
• inedibility 英文词源 inedible (adj.) "unfit to eat," 1822, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + edible . Related: Inedibly ; inedibility . 中文词源 inedibility ：不可食性   词根词缀： in-不,无,非 + -ed-吃 + -ibility名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： inedibility 词源， inedibility 含义。
• indocile 英文词源 indocile "Difficult to teach or discipline; not submissive", Early 17th century: from French, or from Latin indocilis , from in- 'not' + docilis (see docile ). 中文词源 indocile ：不听话的，不顺从的；难教的   词根词缀： in-不,无 + -doc-教 + -ile名词或形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： indocile 词源， indocile 含义。
• individualize 英文词源 individualize (v.) 1650s, "to point out individually;" see individual + -ize . From 1837 as "to make individual." Related: Individualized ; individualizing . 中文词源 individualize ：使有个性；使特殊化；使个别化  词根词缀： in-否定 + -divid-分 + -ual形容词词尾 + -ize动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： individualize 词源，
• individuality 英文词源 individuality (n.) "the aggregate of one's idiosyncrasies," 1610s, from individual + -ity . Meaning "fact of existing as an individual" is from 1650s. 中文词源 individuality ：个性，个人特征   词根词缀： in-否定 + -divid-分 + -ual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文版： individuality 词源， individuality 含义。
• increscent 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random patriarch patriarch: see patron 中文词源 increscent ：增加的，成长的；(尤指月亮)渐渐变大的，渐盈的   词根词缀： in-入,向内 + -cre-生长(e略) + -escent形容词词尾,某种状态 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： increscent 词源， increscent 含义。
• incremental 英文词源 incremental (adj.) 1715, from increment + -al (1). Related: Incrementally . 中文词源 incremental ：增加值的，逐渐增长的，递增的   词根词缀： in-入,向内 + -cre-生长 + -ment名词词尾 + -al形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： incremental 词源， incremental 含义。
• incommutable 英文词源 incommutable "Not capable of being changed or exchanged", Late Middle English: from Latin incommutabilis , from in- 'not' + commutabilis (see commutable ). 中文词源 incommutable ：不能交换的，不能变换的；不能改变的 词根词缀： in-不,无,非 + com-共同 + -mut-往来,互换 + -able形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： incommu
• incognizable 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random frenzy frenzy: see frantic 中文词源 incognizable ：不能认识的，难识别的，不可知的  词根词缀： in-不,无,非 + co-共同 + -gn-知道 + -ize动词词尾(e略) + -able形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： incognizable 词源， incognizable 含义。
• incept 英文词源 incept (v.) 1560s, from Latin inceptus , past participle of incipere "to begin" (see inception ). Related: Incepted . 中文词源 incept ：摄入，摄取，接收 词根词缀： in-向内 + -cept-拿→接受 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： incept 词源， incept 含义。
• imperium 英文词源 imperium (n.) 1650s, from Latin imperium "command, supreme authority, power" (see empire ). 中文词源 imperium ：绝对权，主权 统治权 词根词缀： -imper-统治 + -ium名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： imperium 词源， imperium 含义。
• imperatorial 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random foster foster: [OE] The etymological notion underlying foster is of ‘giving food’. Indeed, the Old English verb fōstrian meant ‘feed, nourish’, and it was not until the 13th century that secondary metaphorical senses, such as ‘rear a child’ and ‘encourage, cultivate’, began to emerge. It was a derivative of the
• imperator 英文词源 imperator (n.) "commander-in-chief," Latin agent noun from stem of imperare "to command" (see imperative ). In the Roman republic, a commander; in the Roman Empire, the emperor. 中文词源 imperator ：绝对统治者，古罗马皇帝，最高统治者  词根词缀： -imper-统治 + -ator名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： imperator 词源， impe
• immutability 英文词源 immutability (n.) 1590s, from Latin immutabilitas , from immutabilis (see immutable ). Nought may endure but Mutability. [Shelley] 中文词源 immutability ：不变性，不易性 词根词缀： im-不,无,非 + -mut-往来,互换 + -ability名词词尾,性质,状态 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： immutability 词源， immutability 含义。
• immortalize 英文词源 immortalize (v.) 1560s, from immortal + -ize . Perhaps modeled on Middle French immortaliser . Related: Immortalized ; immortalizing . 中文词源 immortalize ：使永恒；使不灭；使不朽；使名垂千古 词根词缀： im-不,无,非 + -mort-死 + -al形容词词尾 + -ize动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： immortalize 词源， immortalize 含
• immobility 英文词源 immobility (n.) early 15c., from Middle French immobilité (14c.) or directly from Latin immobilitatem (nominative immobilitas ), noun of quality from immobilis (see immobile ). 中文词源 immobility ：固定性，静止 词根词缀： im-不,无,非 + -mob-移动 + -ility名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： immobility 词源， immobility 含义。
• immixture 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ever ever: [OE] For such a common and longestablished word, the origins of ever are surprisingly obscure. It has no relatives in other Germanic languages, so it must be a purely English creation. Its first element probably comes from Germanic * aiwō (which is also represented in English aye ‘ever’ [12] and either , and is r
• immix 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sly sly: [12] Etymologically, sly means ‘able to hit’. It was borrowed from Old Norse slǣgr ‘clever, cunning’, which went back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base * slakh -, * slag -, * slōg - ‘hit’ (source also of English slaughter , slay , etc). The word’s original approbatory connotations of ‘clevern
• immersion 英文词源 immersion (n.) mid-15c., from Late Latin immersionem (nominative immersio ), noun of action from past participle stem of immergere , from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + Latin mergere "plunge, dip" (see merge ). Meaning "absorption in some interest or situation" is from 1640s. As a method of teaching a foreign language, it is from 1965, trademarked by the
• immersible 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random plank plank: [13] The etymological idea underlying plank may be ‘flatness’. It comes via planke , a northern dialect version of Old French planche (source of English planchette [19]), from late Latin planca ‘slab’, a derivative of the adjective plancus ‘flat’. This may have come from the same source as Greek pláx ‘
• immerge 英文词源 immerge (v.) 1620s, "immerse, plunge" (rare), from Latin immergere "to dip, plunge" (see immersion ). Related: Immerged ; immerging . 中文词源 immerge ：浸入，沉入；专心，埋头 词根词缀： im-入,向内 + -merg-沉,浸 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： immerge 词源， immerge 含义。
• immensurable 英文词源 immeasurable (adj.) mid-15c., from im- + measurable . It could alternate with immensurable (1530s), from French, from Late Latin immensurabilis , from assimilated form of in- "not" + mensurabilis "able to be measured," from mensurare "to measure." Related: Immeasurably . 中文词源 immensurable ：不可衡量的，无垠的 词根词缀： im-不,无 + -mens-测量 + -ure名词词尾
• immensity 英文词源 immensity (n.) mid-15c., from Middle French immensité (14c.) or directly from Latin immensitatem (nominative immensitas ) "immeasurableness," noun of quality from immensus (see immense ). 中文词源 immensity ：无限；广大；巨大  词根词缀： im-不,无 + -mens-测量 + -ity名词词尾 → 无法测量的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： immensity
• imitator 英文词源 imitator (n.) 1520s; see imitate + -or . Perhaps from French imitateur (14c.). 中文词源 imitator ：模仿者，仿效者  来源于原始印欧语*im-派生的拉丁语动词imit.ari(复制)。 词根词缀： imit复制 + -ator名词词尾 同源词：image, imagine, imitate 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： imitator 词源， imitator 含义。
• imitative 英文词源 imitative (adj.) 1580s, probably from imitate + -ive ; or else from Middle French imitatif , from Late Latin imitativus , from imitat- , stem of imitari . 中文词源 imitative ：模仿的，仿效的 来源于原始印欧语*im-派生的拉丁语动词imit.ari(复制)。 词根词缀： imit复制 + -ative形容词词尾 同源词：image, imagine, imitate 该词的英语词源请访
• imitable 英文词源 imitable (adj.) from French imitable (16c.), from Latin imitabilis "that may be imitated," from imitari (see imitation ). Related: Imitability . 中文词源 imitable ：可模仿的，值得模仿的   来源于原始印欧语*im-派生的拉丁语动词imit.ari(复制)。 词根词缀： imit复制 + -able形容词词尾 同源词：image, imagine, imitate 该词的英语词源请访
• illuminator 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hold hold: Hold ‘grasp, clasp’ [OE] and hold ‘cargo store’ [16] are not the same word. The verb goes back to a prehistoric Germanic source which meant ‘watch, guard’. This ancestral sense is preserved in the derivative behold [OE], but the simple verb hold , together with its relatives German halten (source of Englis
• illuminant 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random excise excise: English has two words excise . The one meaning ‘tax’ [15] is essentially a Dutch usage. English borrowed it in the late 15th century from Middle Dutch excijs , which came via Old French acceis from Vulgar Latin * accēnsum , a compound noun formed from the Latin prefix ad - ‘against, to’ and cēnsus ‘tax’
• illegalize 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random umbrage umbrage: [15] Umbrage is one of a group of English words that go back ultimately to Latin umbra ‘shadow’. Indeed, it was originally used for ‘shade, shadow’ in English: ‘the light, and also … the false umbrage which the moon doth show forth’, Betham, Precepts of War 1544. The expression take umbrage ‘take
• illation 英文词源 illation "The action of inferring or drawing a conclusion", Mid 16th century: from Latin illatio(n- ), from illat- 'brought in', from the verb inferre (see infer ). 中文词源 illation ：推理，推论，演绎 词根词缀： il-入,向内 + -lat-携带,拿取 + -ion名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： illation 词源， illation 含义。
• ignitron 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ambassador ambassador: [14] Appropriately enough, ambassador is a highly cosmopolitan word. It was borrowed back and forth among several European languages before arriving in English. Its ultimate source appears to be the Indo- European root * ag - ‘drive, lead’, whose other numerous offspring include English act and agent .