celerity的词源

英文词源

celerity

celerity: see accelerate

celerity (n.)

late 15c., from Old French celeritee (14c., Modern French célérité), from Latin celeritatem (nominative celeritas) "swiftness," from celer "swift," from possible PIE root *kel- "to drive, set in swift motion" (cognates: Sanskrit carati "goes," Greek keles "fast horse or ship," keleuthos "journey, road," Lithuanian sulys "a gallop," Old High German scelo "stallion").

中文词源

celerity：迅速，敏捷

词根词缀： -celer-快,速 + -ity名词词尾

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