captive的词源

英文词源

captive (adj.)

late 14c., "imprisoned, enslaved," from Latin captivus "caught, taken prisoner," from captus, past participle of capere "to take, hold, seize" (see capable). As a noun from c. 1400; an Old English noun was hæftling, from hæft "taken, seized."

中文词源

captive：俘虏

来自词根cap, 抓，拿，握，见captive。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：captive 词源，captive 含义。

captive：被俘虏的，被监禁的

词根词缀： -capt-抓 + -ive形容词词尾,性状