entail的词源
英文词源
- entail
- entail: [14] Entail means literally ‘put a tail on’ – but not the sort that grows. This is a tail in the sense of a ‘legal limitation’. It came from Old French taille, meaning literally ‘cut’, which is also related to English detail, retail, tailor, and tally. The coining of entail itself probably took place in Anglo-Norman. Its current main meaning ‘have as a necessary or logical consequence’ did not develop until as late as the 19th century.
=> detail, retail, tailor, tally - entail (v.)
- mid-14c., "convert (an estate) into 'fee tail' (feudum talliatum)," from en- (1) "make" + taile "legal limitation," especially of inheritance, ruling who succeeds in ownership and preventing the property from being sold off, from Anglo-French taile, Old French taillie, past participle of taillier "allot, cut to shape," from Late Latin taliare "to split" (see tailor). Sense of "have consequences" is 1829, via the notion of "inseparable connection." Related: Entailed; entailling; entailment.
中文词源
en-, 进入，使。-tail, 砍，切，词源同retail, tailor. 来自法律用语，切下来的一块，留给后人继承的遗产，特指继承者继承的不能转让的房产或庄园，其继承权利受到一定的限制。引申义使必要。
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entail：使承担，使成为必要，需要
entail字面上的意义是加“尾巴”于某人身上,但这个“尾巴”不是真正意义上的尾巴，而是“法定的权限”。tail的词源解释见detail词条。
词根词缀： en-使... + tail切
