clarify的词源

英文词源

clarify (v.)

early 14c., "make illustrious, make known," from Old French clarifiier "clarify, make clear, explain" (12c.), from Late Latin clarificare "to make clear," also "to glorify," from Latin clarificus "brilliant," from clarus "clear, distinct" (see clear (adj.)) + root of facere "to make, do" (see factitious).

Meaning "make clear, purify" is from early 15c. in English; intransitive sense of "grow or become clear" is from 1590s. Figurative sense of "to free from obscurity" is from 1823. Related: Clarified; clarifying.

中文词源

clarify：澄清，阐明

词根词缀： -clar- 清楚,明白 + -ify 动词词尾

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

clarify：澄清

来自clar-,清晰的，词源同clear.