become的词源
英文词源
- become
- become: [OE] Become is a compound verb found in other Germanic languages (German bekommen, for instance, and Dutch bekomen), which points to a prehistoric Germanic source *bikweman, based on *kweman, source of English come. Originally it meant simply ‘come, arrive’, but the modern senses ‘come to be’ and ‘be suitable’ had developed by the 12th century. A parallel semantic development occurred in French: Latin dēvenīre meant ‘come’, but its modern French descendant devenir means ‘become’.
=> come - become (v.)
- Old English becuman "happen, come about," also "meet with, arrive," from Proto-Germanic *bikweman "become" (cognates: Dutch bekomen, Old High German biqueman "obtain," German bekommen, Gothic biquiman). A compound of be- and come; it drove out Old English weorðan. Meaning "to look well" is early 14c., from earlier sense of "to agree with, be fitting" (early 13c.).
中文词源
前缀be-, 强调。come, 来到。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：become 词源，become 含义。
become：变成，适合(某人)，与…相称
来源于史前日耳曼语,最初的语义是"来,到",其现代意义"come to be(变成)"和"be suitable(适合,相称)"是在12世纪发展起来的;其在日耳曼语系中的"近亲"有德语bekommen,荷兰语bekomen等。
词根词缀： be-使 + come来
