rectitude的词源

英文词源

rectitude (n.)

early 15c., "quality of being straight," from Middle French rectitude (14c.), from Late Latin rectitudinem (nominative rectitudo) "straightness, uprightness," from Latin rectus "straight" (see right (adj.1)). Sense of "upright in conduct or character" is from 1530s.

中文词源

rectitude：正直

rect-,直的，正确的，-itude,名词后缀。引申词义正直。

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