suzerain的词源

英文词源

suzerain (n.)

"sovereign, ruler," 1807, from French suzerain (14c., Old French suserain), noun use of adjective meaning "sovereign but not supreme," from adverb sus "up, above," on analogy of soverain (see sovereign (adj.)). Old French sus is from Vulgar Latin susum, from Latin sursum "upward, above," contraction of subversum, from subvertere (see subvert).

中文词源

suzerain：宗主的，领主的，宗主国的

来自法语 suzerain,宗主的，来自古法语 suserain,领主的，封建主的，（？）来自 sus,在上， -erain,衍生自古法语 soverain,最高的，主权的，即受 reign 影响的拼写俗化词 sovereign.其中 sus 来自拉丁语 sursum,在上，缩写自 subversum,在上，来自 sub,在下，向上，-vers,转，词源 同 verse,converse.

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