complicate的词源

英文词源

complicate

complicate: see ply

complicate (v.)

1620s, "to intertwine" (as a past participle adjective, early 15c.), from Latin complicatus "folded together; confused, intricate," past participle of complicare (see complication). Meaning "to make more complex" is recorded from 1832, from earlier sense "to combine in a complex way" (17c.). Related: Complicated; complicating.

中文词源

complicate：复杂化

com-, 强调。-plic, 编织，组成，词源apply,implicate. 即多成分，复杂的。

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

complicate：(使)错综复杂，(使)复杂化 

词根词缀： com-一起 + -plic-折叠 + -ate动词词尾 → 使重叠在一起