despite的词源

英文词源

despite

c. 1300, originally a noun, from Old French despit (12c., Modern French dépit), from Latin despectus "a looking down on, scorn, contempt," from past participle of despicere (see despise).

The preposition (early 15c.) is short for in despite of (late 13c.), a loan-translation of Old French en despit de "in contempt of." Almost became despight during 16c. spelling reform.

中文词源

despite：尽管

词源同despise,鄙视，-t, 过去分词后缀。用于引申义，尽管（鄙视），仍然。

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

despite：尽管，不顾，不管  

词源解释见spite词条。

词根词缀： de-下降,向下 + spite←-spec-看

despite：憎恨

前缀de-表“向下”，如descend（降下）等；词根spit是词根spect的变体，表“看”；所以字面义为“低看”，看不起而心生憎恶。同根词如despicable（卑鄙的），词根spic=spect，也表“看”，-able为形容词后缀，如电影despicable me（卑鄙的我）。