destitute的词源

英文词源

destitute

destitute: see statue

destitute (adj.)

late 14c., "abandoned, forsaken," from Latin destitutus "abandoned," past participle of destituere "forsake," from de- "away" + statuere "put, place," causative of stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Originally literal; sense of "lacking resources, impoverished" is 1530s.

中文词源

destitute：贫困的

de-, 不，非，使没有。-stit, 站，词源同stand, institute.即使无立足之地，引申义贫困。

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