devastate的词源
英文词源
- devastate
- devastate: [17] Etymologically as well as semantically, devastate is related to ‘lay waste’. It comes from the past participle of Latin dēvāstāre, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē- and vāstāre ‘lay waste’. This was a derivative of vāstus ‘waste’, source of English waste.
=> vast, waste - devastate (v.)
- 1630s, perhaps a back-formation from devastation. Apparently not common until 19c.; earlier verb form devast is attested from 1530s, from Middle French devaster. Related: devastated; devastating.
中文词源
de-, 强调，整个的。vast, 广阔的。即整个摧毁。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：devastate 词源，devastate 含义。
来源于拉丁语动词vasto, vastare, vastavi, vastatus(毁坏)。
同源词：vast, waste
