alert的词源
英文词源
- alert
- alert: [17] Alert comes, via French, from an Italian phrase all’ erta ‘on the look-out’, or literally ‘at the (alla) watch-tower (erta)’. Erta was short for torre erta, literally ‘high tower’, in which the adjective erta ‘high’ came ultimately from Latin ērectus, the past participle of ērigere ‘raise’.
=> erect - alert (adv.)
- "on the watch," 1590s, from French alerte "vigilant" (17c.), from phrase à l'erte "on the watch," from Italian all'erta "to the height," from erta "lookout, high tower," noun use of fem. of erto, past participle of ergere "raise up," from Latin erigere "raise" (see erect). The adjective is attested from 1610s, the noun from 1803, and the verb from 1868. Related: Alerted; alerting.
中文词源
alert（警戒）：哨兵到高处瞭望警戒
和alarm一样，英语单词alert也是一个军事术语，来自意大利语all'erta（to the height），本意是“到高处去（瞭望警戒）”。erta指的是“高塔、瞭望塔”，源自拉丁语erigere（升起），同源的英语单词有erect（竖立）。all'erta进入法语后变为alerte，最后演变为英语alert。
alert：[ə'lɜːt]n.警戒，警惕，警报adj.警惕的，警觉的vt.警告，使警觉
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：alert 词源，alert 含义。
发音释义：[ə'lɜːt] vt. 警告；使警觉，使意识到adj. 警惕的，警觉的；留心的n. 警戒，警惕；警报
结构分析：alert = al（去）+ert（高处）→去高处警戒→警惕的
词源解释：al←意大利语all（去）；ert←意大利语erta（高处、瞭望塔）←拉丁语erigere（升起）
背景知识：alert来自意大利语中的军事术语all'erta，表示“瞭望警戒”，字面意思是“到高处去”。引申为“警戒、警惕”之意。
同源词：erect（直立），erection（勃起、直立）
来自意大利语all’erta. -erta, 同 erect，竖直。即全部到城墙上守城。
来源于意大利语all' erta(密切注意)。
