dilute的词源
英文词源
- dilute
- dilute: see lavatory
- dilute (v.)
- 1550s, from Latin dilutus, past participle of diluere "dissolve, wash away, dilute," from dis- "apart" + -luere, comb. form of lavere "to wash" (see lave). Related: Diluted; diluting. As an adjective from c. 1600.
中文词源
di-, 分开,散开,来自dis-变体。-lut, 流,注入,词源同lava, deluge. 即流散,稀释。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:dilute 词源,dilute 含义。
词根词缀: di-分离,分开 + -lut-洗 + -e动词词尾
前缀di-表“分离,分开”,相当于前缀dis-;词根lut表“冲洗”所以这个词字面义为“经冲洗而分开、分解”,词义引申为“稀释,冲淡”。有学者推断lotus(莲花)是同根词,词根lot也是“冲洗”,这很好理解,因为莲花“濯清涟而不妖”嘛。