contrast的词源

英文词源

contrast: contrast: see statue
contrast (v.): 1690s, from French contraster (Old French contrester), modified by or from Italian contrastare "stand out against, strive, contend," from Vulgar Latin *contrastare "to withstand," from Latin contra "against" (see contra) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).

Middle English had contrest "to fight against, to withstand," which became extinct. Modern word re-introduced as an art term. Related: Contrasted; contrasting; contrastive.
contrast (n.): 1711, from contrast (v.).

contra-, 相对，相反。-st, 站，词源同stand. 即相对而站进行比较。

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词根词缀： contra- 反对,相反 + -st-站立 → 对立