mediate的词源
英文词源
- mediate
- mediate: see medium
- mediate (v.)
- 1540s, "pide in two equal parts," probably a back-formation from mediation or mediator, or else from Latin mediatus, past participle of mediare. Meaning "act as a mediator" is from 1610s; that of "settle by mediation" is from 1560s. Related: Mediated, mediates, mediating.
中文词源
来自拉丁语medius,在中间,词源同middle,-ate,使。即在中间施加影响的,引申词义调停,调解等。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:mediate 词源,mediate 含义。
词根词缀: -medi-中间 + -ate动词词尾