reticent的词源

英文词源

reticent

reticent: [19] The ultimate source of reticent is Latin tacēre ‘be silent’ (source of English tacit and taciturn). Combination with the intensive prefix re- produced reticēre ‘keep silent’, whose present participle gave English reticent. It was preceded into the language by over two hundred years by the derived noun reticence.
=> tacit, taciturn

reticent (adj.)

1834, from Latin reticentem (nominative reticens), present participle of reticere "be silent" (see reticence).

中文词源

reticent：寡言少语的

来自拉丁语 reticere,保持安静，来自 re-,表强调，tacere,安静，词源同 tacit.引申词义寡言少语 的。

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：reticent 词源，reticent 含义。