amend的词源

英文词源

amend

amend: see mend

amend (v.)

early 13c., "to free from faults, rectify," from Old French amender (12c.), from Latin emendare "to correct, free from fault," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + menda "fault, blemish," from PIE *mend- "physical defect, fault" (cognates: Sanskrit minda "physical blemish," Old Irish mennar "stain, blemish," Welsh mann "sign, mark").

Supplanted in senses of "repair, cure" by its shortened offspring mend (v.). Meaning "to add to legislation" (ostensibly to correct or improve it) is recorded from 1777. Related: Amended; amending.

中文词源

amend：修正

发音释义：[ə'mend] vt. 修改；改善，改进vi. 改正，改善；改过自新

结构分析：amend = a（出来）+mend（错误）→从错误中出来→改过自新→修正

词源解释：mend←拉丁语menda（错误、缺点）←原始印欧语mend（身体缺陷）

同源词：emend（修订、改进）

衍生词：amendment（修正案、改善），mend（改善，amend的缩写）

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：amend 词源，amend 含义。

amend：改善

前缀a-同ex-。词根mend,虚假，缺陷，见mendacious, 虚假的。单词mend, 修理，该词缩写。

amend：修改，修正(议案、法规等)

词源解释见mend词条。

词根词缀： a-离开 + mend错误