servile的词源

英文词源

servile (adj.)

late 14c., from Latin servilis "of a slave" (as in Servile Wars, name given to the slave revolts in the late Roman Republic), also "slavish, servile," from servus "slave" (see serve (v.)). Earliest sense was legal, servile work being forbidden on the Sabbath; sense of "cringing, fawning" first recorded c. 1600.

中文词源

servile：奴隶的；奴性的；卑屈的

词根serv-表奴隶，-ile 形容词后缀，同根词如：

servant： ['sɜːv(ə)nt] n. 仆人；公务员；雇工

serve： ['sɝfdəm] n.农奴境遇；农奴身份(state of being a serf)。

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

servile：奴性的

来自拉丁语 servus,奴隶，奴仆，词源同 serve,服侍。-ile,形容词后缀。引申词义奴性的。