tradition的词源

英文词源

tradition (n.)

late 14c., "statement, belief, or practice handed down from generation to generation," especially "belief or practice based on Mosaic law," from Old French tradicion "transmission, presentation, handing over" (late 13c.) and directly from Latin traditionem (nominative traditio) "delivery, surrender, a handing down, a giving up," noun of action from past participle stem of tradere "deliver, hand over," from trans- "over" (see trans-) + dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). The word is a doublet of treason (q.v.). Meaning "a long-established custom" is from 1590s. The notion is of customs, ways, beliefs, doctrines, etc. "handed down" from one generation to the next.

"Nobody can make a tradition; it takes a century to make it." [Hawthorne, "Septimius Felton," 1872]

中文词源

tradition：传统，惯例 

来源于拉丁语中由trans-(横过,越过)和dare(给)组成的复合动词tradere(交付)。

同源词：traitor, betray, treason

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

tradition：传统，习俗

来自古法语 tradicion,转移，移交，交付，来自拉丁语 tradere,转移，交付，来自 tra-,转移， dare,给予，来自 PIE*do,给，给予，词源同 donate,edit.引申词义传统，习俗等。

tradition：传统，习俗

来自古法语 tradicion,转移，移交，交付，来自拉丁语 tradere,转移，交付，来自 tra-,转移，