meditate的词源
英文词源
- meditate (v.)
- 1580s, "to ponder," back-formation from meditation, or else from Latin meditatus, past participle of meditari (see meditation). Related: Meditated; meditating.
中文词源
来自拉丁语meditari,沉思,思考,考虑,来自PIE*med,测量,考虑,词源同measure,medical.引申词义沉思,冥想。也有可能来自拉丁语medius,中间的,词源同middle.即思考天人之间的联系。比较mediator.
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