tolerate的词源
英文词源
- tolerate
- tolerate: [16] To tolerate something is etymologically to ‘bear’ it. The word comes from the past participle of Latin tolerāre ‘bear, tolerate’. This in turn was formed from a base *tol- ‘lift, carry’, which also underlies English extol [15].
=> extol - tolerate (v.)
- 1530s, of authorities, "to allow without interference," from Latin toleratus, past participle of tolerare (see toleration). Related: Tolerated; tolerating.
中文词源
词根词缀: -toler-忍受,忍耐 + -ate动词词尾
该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版:tolerate 词源,tolerate 含义。
来自拉丁语 tolerare,忍受,容忍,来自 PIE*tele,忍受,支撑,举起,词源同 talent,extol.
suffer(忍受;遭受)的逻辑和它类似,suf-即前缀sub-“在下面”,-fer-为词根“承载”。词根-tol-指“支承,承受”,同根词toll(通行费;代价),它们被人所承受,成为其负担;再如extol(颂扬;称赞),“支承”即“抬举”,“抬举”即“称赞”。
来自拉丁语 tolerare,忍受,容忍,来自 PIE*tele,忍受,支撑,举起,词源同 talent,extol.