territory的词源
英文词源
- territory (n.)
- late 14c., "land under the jurisdiction of a town, state, etc.," probably from Latin territorium "land around a town, domain, district," from terra "earth, land" (see terrain) + -orium, suffix denoting place (see -ory). Sense of "any tract of land, district, region" is first attested c. 1600. Specific U.S. sense of "organized self-governing region not yet a state" is from 1799. Of regions defended by animals from 1774.
"Since -torium is a productive suffix only after verbal stems, the rise of terri-torium is unexplained" [Michiel de Vaan, "Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages"]. An alternative theory, somewhat supported by the vowels of the original Latin word, suggests derivation from terrere "to frighten" (see terrible); thus territorium would mean "a place from which people are warned off."
中文词源
大地女神盖亚在罗马神话中换了一个罗马名字,叫做Tellus(忒勒斯)或Terra Mother(大地母亲)。拉丁语terra意思就是“陆地、干的地”(与“海洋”相对),等于英语单词land(陆地)。英语词根terr-就源自terra,表示陆地(land),与表示“地球”的词根geo-(earth)略有差异。
territory:['terɪt(ə)rɪ]n.领土、领地
terrain:[təˈreɪn]n.地形、地势
mediterranean:[,mɛdətə'renɪən]n.地中海。记:medi中间+terra陆地+nean后缀
terrestrial:[tə'restrɪəl]adj. 地球的,陆地的,人间的。n.陆地生物,地球上的人
terrace:['terəs]n.梯田
subterranean:[,sʌbtə'reɪnɪən]adj.地下的
extraterrestrial:[,ekstrətə'restrɪəl]adj. 地球外的,n.天外来客
terraneous:[te'reiniəs]adj. 地上生长的,陆生的
该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版:territory 词源,territory 含义。
来源于拉丁语中terra, -ae, f(土地)的派生词territ.orium(领土)。
词根词缀: territ( -terr- )土地 + -ory名词词尾
terra-,土地,陆地,-ory,表地后缀。原指领主管辖区域,引申词义领土,领地。
terra-,土地,陆地,-ory,表地后缀。原指领主管辖区域,引申词义领土,领地。