devise的词源

英文词源

devise (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
early 13c., "to form, fashion;" c. 1300, "to plan, contrive," from Old French deviser "dispose in portions, arrange, plan, contrive" (in modern French, "to chat, gossip"), from Vulgar Latin *pisare, frequentative of Latin pidere "to pide" (see pide). Modern sense is from "to arrange a pision" (especially via a will), a meaning present in the Old French word. Related: Devised; devising.

中文词源

devise:发明,设计

来自拉丁语pidere,词源同pide。即分开,展开,后词义引申为发明,设计。

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devise:设计,发明,想出

来源于通俗拉丁语动词pisare(分),在进入英语之前,“分”的意义已转化为“策划,设计”,是由于“分发”之前总是需要“策划”的。

词根词缀: devis(-pis-)分 + -e