diminish的词源

英文词源

diminish

diminish: [15] Diminish is a hybrid verb, the result of a marriage between the now obsolete diminue [14] and the virtually obsolete minish [14], both of which meant ‘make smaller’. Diminue came via Old French diminuer from Latin dīminuere ‘break into small pieces’; it was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘from’ and minuere ‘lessen’ (source of English minute). Minish came via Old French menuiser from Vulgar Latin *minūtiāre, a derivative of Latin minūtus ‘small’; this, bringing the history of diminish full circle, was an adjectival use of the past participle of minuere.
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diminish (v.)

early 15c., from merger of two obsolete verbs, diminue and minish. Diminue is from Old French diminuer "make small," from Latin diminuere "break into small pieces," variant of deminuere "lessen, diminish," from de- "completely" + minuere "make small" (see minus).

Minish is from Old French menuisier, from Latin minuere. Related: Diminished; diminishes; diminishing.

中文词源

diminish：缩减

di-, 表加强。-min, 小，词源同minus,minute. 即缩小，缩减。

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diminish：缩小，减少，递减

英语diminish是两个废弃词汇diminue和minish的混合体。diminue经古法语diminuer来源于拉丁语中由前缀de-(离开,分离)和动词minuere(缩小,减少)组成的复合动词diminuere(把...分成小片)。minish经通俗拉丁语minutiare和古法语menuiser,来源于拉丁语动词minuere(缩小,减少)的过去分词minutus。

词根词缀： di-分离,分开 + -min-小 + -ish动词词尾