compensate的词源

英文词源

compensate

compensate: see ponder

compensate (v.)

1640s, "to be equivalent;" 1650s, "to counterbalance, make up for," from Latin compensatus, past participle of compensare "to weigh one thing (against another)," thus, "to counterbalance," from com- "with" (see com-) + pensare, frequentative of pendere "to weigh" (see pendant). Meaning "to recompense, remunerate" is from 1814. Related: Compensated; compensating.

中文词源

compensate：补偿

com-, 强调。-pend, 悬垂，称量，词源同pendulum, pound. 即称量使对等的，补偿。

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

compensate：赔偿，补偿  

词根词缀： com-加强意义 + -pens-支付 + -ate动词词尾