terrible的词源

英文词源

terrible (adj.)

late 14c., "causing terror, awe, or dread; frightful," from Old French terrible (12c.), from Latin terribilis "frightful," from terrere "fill with fear," from PIE root *tres- "to tremble" (cognates: Sanskrit trasati "trembles," Avestan tarshta "feared, revered," Greek treëin "to tremble," Lithuanian trišeti "to tremble," Old Church Slavonic treso "I shake," Middle Irish tarrach "timid"). Weakened sense of "very bad, awful" is first attested 1590s.

中文词源

terrible：可怕的，骇人的；极度的，厉害的；极坏的，很糟的

词根词缀： -terr-恐惧 + -ible形容词词尾

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

terrible：可怕的

来自 terror,恐惧，惊恐，-ible,形容词后缀。

terrible：可怕的

来自 terror,恐惧，惊恐，-ible,形容词后缀。