conspicuous的词源

英文词源

conspicuous (adj.)

1540s, from Latin conspicuus "visible, open to view, striking," from conspicere "to look at, observe, see, notice," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + specere (see scope (n.1)). Phrase conspicuous by its absence (1859) is said to be from Tacitus ("Annals" iii.76), in a passage about certain images: "sed præfulgebant ... eo ipso quod effigies eorum non visebantur."

中文词源

conspicuous：显眼的

con-, 强调。-spic, 看，词源同special, spectator.

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

conspicuous：显眼的，明显的

词根词缀： con-共同 + -spic-看 + -uous形容词词尾