arbiter的词源
英文词源
- arbiter (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French arbitre or directly from Latin arbiter "one who goes somewhere (as witness or judge)," in classical Latin used of spectators and eye-witnesses, in law, "he who hears and decides a case, a judge, umpire, mediator;" from ad- "to" (see ad-) + baetere "to come, go." The specific sense of "one chosen by two disputing parties to decide the matter" is from 1540s. The earliest form of the word attested in English is the fem. noun arbitress (mid-14c.) "a woman who settles disputes."
中文词源
发音释义:['ɑːbɪtə] n. 仲裁者;裁决人
结构分析:arbiter = ar(=ad,去)+bit(去某地)+er(的人)→受法官委托,去某地判案的人→仲裁者
词源解析:arbiter←拉丁语arbiter(公断人)
背景知识:arbiter的本意是古罗马法律中的“公断人”,指由裁判官指定来办理小型案件的人,拥有一定自由裁量权,但须遵照法律法规。arbiter和arbitrator都可以表示“受争议双方委托,居中仲裁的人”,但arbiter比较书面,arbitrator比较通俗,并且arbitrator的自由裁量权更大,甚至可以是arbitrary(武断的)。
同源词:arbitrate(仲裁),arbitration(仲裁),arbitrator(仲裁人),arbitrary(武断的)
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:arbiter 词源,arbiter 含义。
ar同前缀ad-, 去,往。词根bain,同词根ven, 走,-t,过去分词格,见acrobat。指走来充当裁判的第三个人。