confederate的词源

英文词源

confederate (v.)

late 14c., from Late Latin confoederatus "leagued together," past participle of confoederare "to unite by a league," from com- "with, together" (see com-) + foederare, from foedus (genitive foederis) "a league" (see federal). Also used as a past participle adjective from late 14c., as a simple adjective from 1550s; meaning "of or belonging to the Confederate States of America" is from 1861. Used as a noun from late 15c. (Late Latin confoederatus also was used as a noun in its day).

中文词源

confederate：同谋

con-, 强调。-fed, 相信，信任，词源同faith, confide.

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

confederate：联盟的，同盟的，邦联的

词根词缀： con-加强意义 + -feder-联盟,联合 + -ate形容词词尾