commode的词源

英文词源

commode (n.)

1786, "chest of drawers," earlier (1680s) name of a type of fashionable ladies' headdress, from French commode, noun use of adjective meaning "convenient, suitable," from Latin commodus "proper, fit, appropriate, convenient, satisfactory," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + modus "measure, manner" (see mode (n.1)). Meaning "chair housing a chamber pot" first attested 1851 from notion of "convenience."

中文词源

commode：五斗橱，座椅式便桶

com-, 强调。-mod, 测量，匹配，词源同mode, measure. 即测量过的，舒适的。后指使人舒服的物品。

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