bequest的词源
英文词源
- bequest (n.)
- c. 1300, "act of bequeathing," from be- + *cwis, *cwiss "saying" (related to quoth; from Proto-Germanic *kwessiz; see bequeath), with excrescent -t. Meaning "that which is bequeathed" is recorded from late 15c.
中文词源
发音释义:[bɪ'kwest] n.遗产;遗赠
结构解释:bequest = be(前缀)+quest(立遗嘱)→遗赠
词源解释:quest与queath同源,是它的名词形态
bequest是bequeath的名词形式,原本表示“遗赠行为”,后来还可以表示“遗赠的东西”,即“遗产、遗赠物”。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:bequest 词源,bequest 含义。
前缀be-, 强调。quest, 词源同voice, 说。此处指临终遗嘱。