attribute的词源
英文词源
- attribute (v.)




- late 14c., "assign, bestow," from Latin attributus, past participle of attribuere "assign to, add, bestow;" figuratively "to attribute, ascribe, impute," from ad- "to" + tribuere "assign, give, bestow" (see tribute). Related: Attributed; attributing.
- attribute (n.)




- "quality ascribed to someone," late 14c., from Latin attributum "anything attributed," noun use of neuter of attributus (see attribute (v.)). Distinguished from the verb by pronunciation.
中文词源
发音释义:[ə'trɪbjuːt] n. 属性;特质vt. 归属;把…归于
结构分析:attribute = at(=ad,去)+tribute(给予、分配)→把…分配至、归于→归属→属性
词源解释:tribute←拉丁语tributus(给予、分配的过去分词)←拉丁语tribuere(给予、分配)
同源词:tribute(礼物、贡品);contribute(贡献);distribute(分配)
常见搭配:attribute sth to(把某事归因于)
衍生词:attribution(属性、归属)
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:attribute 词源,attribute 含义。
前缀at-同ad-. tribute, 贡金,给予,词源同tribe, 部落。
词根词缀: at-朝,向 + -tribut-交给 + -e