plateau的词源

英文词源

plateau (v.): 1952, from plateau (n.). Related: Plateaued; plateauing.
plateau (n.): 1796, "elevated tract of relatively level land," from French plateau "table-land," from Old French platel (12c.) "flat piece of metal, wood, etc.," diminutive of plat "flat surface or thing," noun use of adjective plat "flat, stretched out" (12c.), perhaps from Vulgar Latin *plattus, from Greek platys "flat, wide, broad" (see plaice). Meaning "stage at which no progress is apparent" is attested from 1897, originally in psychology of learning. In reference to sexual stimulation from 1960.

来自法语plateau,高原，平地，来自plat,平的，展开，词源同plate,plan.-eau,小词后缀，对应-ille.引申词义水平，稳定期，停滞期等。

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