discriminate的词源

英文词源

discriminate: discriminate: see discern
discriminate (v.): 1620s, from Latin discriminatus, past participle of discriminare "to pide, separate," from discrimen (genitive discriminis) "interval, distinction, difference," derived noun from discernere (see discern). The adverse (usually racial) sense is first recorded 1866, American English. Positive sense remains in discriminating. Related: Discriminated. Also used 17c. and after as an adjective meaning "distinct."

dis-, 分开，散开。-crim, 区分，词源同crime, crisis. 即区分开，区别对待，歧视。

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

来源于拉丁语discriminare,其为拉丁语动词cernere(判断,区分)的复合动词discernere(筛选,区分)的派生词。

词根词缀： dis-分开 + crimin(-cern-)区分 + -ate