taint的词源

英文词源

taint

taint: see tinge

taint (v.)

1570s, "to corrupt, contaminate," also "to touch, tinge, imbue slightly" (1590s), from Middle English teynten "to convict, prove guilty" (late 14c.), partly from Old French ataint, past participle of ataindre "to touch upon, seize" (see attainder). Also from Anglo-French teinter "to color, dye" (early 15c.), from Old French teint (12c.), past participle of teindre "to dye, color," from Latin tingere (see tincture). Related: Tainted; tainting.

taint (n.)

c. 1600, "stain, spot," from Old French teint "color, hue, dye, stain," from Latin tinctus "a dyeing," from tingere "to dye" (see tincture). Meaning "a moral stain, corruption, contaminating influence" is from 1610s.

中文词源

taint：染色，污点，使腐坏，玷污

来自古法语 teint,颜色，色泽，来自拉丁语 tinctus,染色，来自 tingere,使染色，浸染，词源同 tincture,tinge.引申诸相关词义。拼写比较 point,puncture.

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