comply的词源

英文词源

comply

comply: [17] Like accomplish, complete, complement, and compliment, comply comes from Latin complēre ‘fill up, finish’. It was originally acquired in the 14th century, via Old French complire, but does not seem to have survived, and the sudden explosion in its use in the early 17th century represents a new borrowing, from Italian complire. Italian had the word from Spanish cumplir, in which the meaning ‘be courteous’ had developed. This passed into English, and though long defunct, seems to have been the basis of the modern English sense ‘be amenable or obedient’. Compliant [17] is an English development.
=> complete, compliant, compliment

comply (v.)

early 14c., "to fulfill, carry out," from Old French compli, past participle of complir "to accomplish, fulfill, carry out," from Vulgar Latin *complire, from Latin complere "to fill up" (see complete (adj.)). Meaning influenced by ply (v.2). Sense of "to consent" began c. 1600 and might have been a reintroduction from Italian, where complire had come to mean "satisfy by 'filling up' the forms of courtesy."

中文词源

comply：顺从，遵从

com-, 强调。-ple, 装满，满的，词源同full, fulfill. 即补足，顺从。拼写受ply影响。

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

comply：遵从，服从

来源于拉丁语动词com.plere(充满,完成)。

词根词缀： com-加强意义 + -ply-充满