dedicate的词源

英文词源

dedicate

dedicate: see indicate

dedicate (v.)

early 15c. (of churches), from Latin dedicatus, past participle of dedicare "consecrate, proclaim, affirm, set apart," from de- "away" (see de-) + dicare "proclaim," from stem of dicere "to speak, to say" (see diction). Dedicated "devoted to one's aims or vocation" is first attested 1944.

中文词源

dedicate：致力于

de-, 向下，强调。-dic, 说，声称，词源同diction. 原为宗教术语，即向上帝发愿，致力于完成某功德。后词义通用化。

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dedicate：奉献，把...用在

词根词缀： de-加强意义 + -dic-说,讲 + -ate动词词尾