auction的词源
英文词源
- auction
- auction: [16] The etymological idea underlying auction is that of ‘increasing’ – as the sale proceeds, the price offered goes up. The word comes from Latin auctiō ‘increase’, a noun derived from auct-, the past participial stem of the verb augēre ‘increase’ (source of English augment [15] and author, and related to auxiliary [17] and eke). The sense ‘auction sale’ was already present in Latin.
=> augment, august, author, auxilliary, eke, wax - auction (n.)
- "a sale by increase of bids," 1590s, from Latin auctionem (nominative auctio) "an increasing sale, auction, public sale," noun of action from past participle stem of augere "to increase," from PIE root *aug- (1) "to increase" (see augment). In northern England and Scotland, called a roup. In the U.S., something is sold at auction; in England, by auction.
- auction (v.)
- 1807, from auction (n.). Related: Auctioned; auctioning.
中文词源
auction（拍卖）：古罗马拍卖女奴的做法
拍卖源于古罗马，最早用于拍卖女奴。当时还没有拍卖槌，以鞭子抽地三下作为成交的标志。当拍卖年轻貌美的女奴时，竞拍场面往往火爆异常。竞拍人激动地青筋暴起，眼珠发红，挥舞地胳臂竞相加价。
英语单词auction一词就来源于拍卖女奴时的这种竞相加价行为。该词来自拉丁语auctionem，表示“加价”。auctionem来自augere（增加）。英语中表示“增加”的词根aug就源于此。
auction： ['ɔːkʃ(ə)n] n.v.拍卖，竞买
auctioneer： [ɔːkʃə'nɪə] n.拍卖商vt.拍卖
augment： [ɔːg'ment] n.v.增大，增加
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：auction 词源，auction 含义。
发音释义：['ɔkʃən] vt. 拍卖；竞卖n. 拍卖
结构分析：auction = auc（增大）+tion（名词后缀）→价格逐渐增大的过程→拍卖
词源解释：auc←拉丁语augere（增大）←原始印欧词根aug（增大）
常见搭配：auction house（拍卖行）
同源词：augment（增加、增大）
来自词根auct, 增加, 词根aug过去分词格。
相传，拍卖这一买卖方式为古罗马人所首创。传统的拍卖程序是由竞买者对所售物品争相加价，以拍卖人接受其最高价格而成交。表示“拍卖”的auction 一词本身恰恰反映了这一拍卖程序。它源于拉丁词auctio，augere，其含义即为increase（增加），16世纪进入英语。另一英语单词augment（增大，增加）也出自augere。
词根词缀： -auct-增加 + -ion名词词尾 → 拍卖过程出价不断增加
