conflict的词源

英文词源

conflict: conflict: see profligate
conflict (v.): early 15c., from Latin conflictus, past participle of confligere "to strike together, be in conflict," from com- "together" (see com-) + fligere "to strike" (see afflict). Related: Conflicted; conflicting.
conflict (n.): early 15c., "armed encounter, battle," from Old French conflit and directly from Latin conflictus (see conflict (v.)). Meaning "struggle, quarrel" is from mid-15c. Psychological sense of "incompatible urges in one person" is from 1859 (hence conflicted, past participle adjective). Phrase conflict of interest was in use by 1743.

con-, 强调。-flict, 鞭子，击打，词源同flagellate(鞭笞), afflict.

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词根词缀： con-加强意义 + -flict-打击