delicate的词源

英文词源

delicate: delicate: [14] Delicate comes either from Old French delicat or direct from its source, Latin dēlicātus, but its ultimate history is obscure. Its formal similarity to delicious and delight, and the fact that ‘addicted to pleasure’ was one of the meanings of Latin dēlicātus, suggest that the three words may have an ancestor in common. Delicatessen [19] was borrowed from German delikatessen, plural of delikatesse ‘delicacy’, which in turn was acquired by German from French délicatesse.
=> delicatessen
delicate (adj.): late 14c., "self-indulgent, loving ease; delightful; sensitive, easily hurt; feeble," from Latin delicatus "alluring, delightful, dainty," also "addicted to pleasure, luxurious, effeminate;" which is of uncertain origin; related by folk etymology (and perhaps genuinely) to deliciae "a pet," and delicere "to allure, entice" (see delicious). Meaning "easily broken" is recorded from 1560s.

词源同delicious, 美味的。引申义精美的，脆弱的。

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

来源于拉丁语中由前缀de-(离开,分离)和动词lacere(引诱,欺骗)组成的复合动词delicere(引诱开)派生的delicatus(沉溺于快乐)。

词根词缀： de-离开,分离 + lic引诱,欺骗 + -ate形容词词尾

同源词：delicious, delight