tincture的词源

英文词源

tincture: tincture: see tinge
tincture (n.): c. 1400, "a coloring, dye," from Latin tinctura "act of dyeing or tingeing," from tinctus "dye," past participle of tingere "to tinge, dye, soak in color," originally merely "to moisten, wet, soak," from PIE root *teng- "to soak" (cognates: Old High German dunkon "to soak," Greek tengein "to moisten"). Meaning "solution of medicine in a mixture of alcohol" is first recorded 1640s. The verb is recorded from 1610s. Related: Tinctured.

来自拉丁语 tinctus,染料，染剂，来自 tingere,浸染，染色，来自 PIE*teng,浸泡，词源同 taint.-ct, 过去分词格，-ure,名词后缀。

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