fidelity的词源

英文词源

fidelity

fidelity: see faith

fidelity (n.)

early 15c., "faithfulness, devotion," from Middle French fidélité (15c.), from Latin fidelitatem (nominative fidelitas) "faithfulness, adherence, trustiness," from fidelis "faithful, true, trusty, sincere," from fides "faith" (see faith). From 1530s as "faithful adherence to truth or reality;" specifically of sound reproduction from 1878.

中文词源

fidelity：忠诚

来自拉丁语fides, 相信，信仰，词源同faith. 引申词义忠诚。

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

fidelity：忠诚，忠实

词根词缀： -fid-信任 + -el名词词尾 + -ity名词词尾