arable的词源

英文词源

arable (adj.)

early 15c., "suitable for plowing" (as opposed to pasture- or wood-land), from Old French arable (12c.), from Latin arabilis, from arare "to plow," from PIE *are- "to plow" (cognates: Greek aroun, Old Church Slavonic orja, Lithuanian ariu "to plow;" Gothic arjan, Old English erian, Middle Irish airim, Welsh arddu "to plow;" Old Norse arþr "a plow"). By late 18c. it replaced native erable, from Old English erian "to plow," from the same PIE source.

中文词源

arable：可耕种的

发音释义：['ærəbl] adj. 适于耕种的；可开垦的

结构分析：arable = ar（耕种）+able（能够）→可耕种的

词源解析：ar←拉丁语arare（耕种）

同源词：area（区域，面积）

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arable：可耕的

来自PIE *are, 耕作。