continence的词源

英文词源

continence (n.)

late 14c., "self-restraint," from Old French continence (14c.), from Latin continentia "a holding back, repression," from continent-, present participle stem of continere (see continent). Especially of sexual desire from late 14c.; of the body's eliminatory functions, from 1915. Related: Continency.

中文词源

continence：节制，自制

con-, 强调。-tin, 持，握，词源同contain, tenable.

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

continence：自制，克制，节欲(尤指禁欲)

词根词缀： con-共同 + -tin-握,持有 + -ence名词词尾