sanguine的词源

英文词源

sanguine (adj.): "blood-red," late 14c. (late 12c. as a surname), from Old French sanguin (fem. sanguine), from Latin sanguineus "of blood," also "bloody, bloodthirsty," from sanguis (genitive sanguinis) "blood" (see sanguinary). Meaning "cheerful, hopeful, confident" first attested c. 1500, because these qualities were thought in medieval physiology to spring from an excess of blood as one of the four humors. Also in Middle English as a noun, "type of red cloth" (early 14c.).

来自拉丁语 sanguinis,血的，所有格形式于 sanguis,血，来自*san,血，来自 PIE*es-ro,血，来自*es,血，词源同 iron,sister,sanguinary.引申词义有血色的，面色红润的，乐观的等。

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