confine的词源

英文词源

confine

confine: see fine

confine (n.)

c. 1400, "boundary, limit" (usually as confines), from Old French confins "boundaries," from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium (plural confinia) "boundary, limit," from confine, neuter of confinis "bordering on, having the same boundaries," from com- "with" (see com-) + finis "an end" (see finish (v.)).

confine (v.)

1520s, "to border on," from Middle French confiner, from confins (n.); see confine (n.). Sense of "keeping within limits" is from 1590s. Related: Confined; confining.

中文词源

confine：限制

con-, 强调。-fin, 界限，限制，词源同finish, finite.

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confine：限定，限制；监禁，禁闭

词根词缀： con-加强意义 + -fin-界限 + -e