matriculate的词源

英文词源

matriculate

matriculate: see madrigal

matriculate (v.)

1570s, "to admit a student to a college by enrolling his name on the register," from Late Latin matriculatus, past participle of matriculare "to register," from Latin matricula "public register," diminutive of matrix (genitive matricis) "list, roll," also "sources, womb" (see matrix).

The connection of senses in the Latin word seems to be via confusion of Greek metra "womb" (from meter "mother;" see mother (n.1)) and an identical but different Greek word metra meaning "register, lot" (see meter (n.2)). Evidently Latin matrix was used to translate both, though it originally shared meaning with only one. Related: Matriculated; matriculating.

中文词源

matriculate：被大学录取

来自拉丁语matriculare,登记，登记入学，来自mater,母亲，词源同mother.比喻用法。比较Alma Mater.

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