amateur的词源

英文词源

amateur

amateur: [18] Etymologically, an amateur is simply a ‘lover’. That is what its ultimate Latin ancestor amator meant, and indeed in English it still denoted ‘someone who loves or is fond of something’ until well into the 19th century (‘am no amateur of these melons’, Mrs Atkinson, Tartar Steppes 1863). However, its immediate source, French amateur, had already evolved the subsidiary sense ‘one who does something solely for the enjoyment, not for payment’, and that is now its only English meaning.

amateur (n.)

1784, "one who has a taste for (something)," from French amateur "lover of," from Latin amatorem (nominative amator) "lover," agent noun from amatus, past participle of amare "to love" (see Amy). Meaning "dabbler" (as opposed to professional) is from 1786. As an adjective, by 1838.

中文词源

amateur：业余爱好者

发音释义：[ˈæmətər] n. 爱好者；业余爱好者；外行adj. 业余的；外行的

结构分析：amateur = ama（喜爱）+ teur（的人）→爱好者

词源解释：ama←拉丁语amare（喜爱）

同源词：amour（恋情、奸情），amorous（多情的、爱情的、情色的），amity（友好关系），amiable（和蔼可亲的）

衍生词：amateurish（业余的、外行的）

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

amateur：业余爱好者

词根am, 爱，原指爱好，后带有贬义。

amateur：业余爱好者

; amateur 业余爱好者

Amateur 直接借自法语,而法语词则源于拉丁语amator‘lover'，其词根为amare‘love'，故严格地说amateur的意思应为“爱好者”，而今多指“业余爱好者”，即不是为了钱而出于喜爱去从事某项活动或研究的人。love用于网球等比赛中的词义正是据此产生的。英语有个古老的词组play for the money or play for love，其中play for love逐渐转义为play for nothing。因此两个多世纪以来love一直被用以表示“零分”。关于这一点还有一种解释,认为在网球从法国传人英国时，love即被赋予此义。由于数字O形似蛋,所以法国人用意为“蛋”的loeuf来表示”零分"。英国人读错音,并将它同发音近似的love相联系，久而久之就变为love.

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amateur：业余爱好者

词根词缀： -am-爱 + -ateur(-ator)名词词尾,人