defect的词源

英文词源

defect

defect: see deficient

defect (n.)

early 15c., from Middle French defect and directly from Latin defectus "failure, revolt, falling away," noun use of past participle of deficere "to fail, desert" (see deficient).

defect (v.)

1570s, from Latin defectus, past participle of deficere "to fail, desert" (see defect (n.)). Related: Defected; defecting.

中文词源

defect：缺陷

de-, 不，非，使相反。-fect, 做，词源同fact, effect. 即没做好的，缺陷。

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

defect：欠缺，缺陷，缺点

词根词缀： de-下降 + -fect-做,作 → 做得不够