allowance的词源

英文词源

allowance (n.)

late 14c., "praise" (a sense now obsolete), from Old French aloance "allowance, granting, allocation," from alouer (see allow). Sense of "a sum alloted to meet expenses" is from c. 1400. In accounts, meaning "a sum placed to one's credit" is attested from 1520s. To make allowances is literally to add or deduct a sum from someone's account for some special circumstance. Figurative use of the phrase is attested from 1670s.

中文词源

allowance：津贴

发音释义：[ə'laʊəns] n. 津贴，零用钱；允许；限额vt. 定量供应

结构分析：allowance = allow（=allocate，分配）+ ance（名词后缀）→分配的费用→津贴

词源解释：allow←拉丁语allocare（分配）。单词allow的本意是“分配”，等于allocate，后来该词与法语alloer（称赞）混合，因而产生了“赞成、允许”的含义。但在单词allowance中，allow依然保持本意。

同源词：allow（允许、给予），allocate（分配），allocation（分配）

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：allowance 词源，allowance 含义。

allowance：津贴，补助，宽容，允许

词根词缀： allow允许 + -ance名词词尾

allowance：津贴

allow,发津贴，-ance,名词后缀。