detention的词源

英文词源

detention (n.)

mid-15c., from Middle French détention (13c.), from Late Latin detentionem (nominative detentio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin detinere (see detain). Sense of "confinement" used by 1570s (in reference to Mary Queen of Scots). In reference to school punishment, recorded from 1882.

中文词源

detention：扣押

词源同detain, 扣押。

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

detention：拘留，扣押；阻留，滞留

词根词缀： de-下降,向下 + tent( -ten-)握,持有 + -ion名词词尾