appropriation的词源

英文词源

appropriation (n.)

late 14c., "taking (something) as private property," from Late Latin appropriationem (nominative appropriatio) "a making one's own," noun of action from past participle stem of appropriare (see appropriate). Meaning "setting aside for some purpose" (especially of money) first attested 1789 in U.S. Constitution.

中文词源

appropriation：挪用公款；拨款，分配  

词根词缀： ap-加强意义 + -propri-适当的,本身所有的 + -ation名词词尾

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