unkempt的词源

英文词源

unkempt

unkempt: [15] Unkempt means literally ‘uncombed’. It was coined from the prefix un- ‘not’ and the past participle of the now defunct verb kemb ‘comb’. This came from a prehistoric Germanic *kambjan, a derivative of *kambaz ‘comb’ (ancestor of the English noun comb). It began to be replaced by the new verb comb in the 14th century.
=> comb

unkempt (adj.)

1570s, from un- (1) "not" + kempt "well-combed, neat," from variant past participle of Middle English kemben "to comb," from Old English cemban "to comb," from Proto-Germanic *kambijan, from *kamb- "comb" (see comb (n.)). Form unkembed is recorded from late 14c. The verb kemb is rare after 1400s, but its negative past participle form endures.

中文词源

unkempt：不整洁的

un-, 不，非，kempt-, 梳理，词源同comb。即未梳理过的，不整洁的。

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

unkempt：未经梳理的，蓬乱的

; unkempt未经梳理的，蓬乱的

词语中kempt是comb梳的动词异体kemb的过去分词形式，kemb早已废弃不用，还在14世纪时就被新的comb所取代，因此unkempt的字面意思和uncombed相同，即未经梳理的，蓬乱的。

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unkempt：不整洁的

un-,不，非，-kempt,梳理，词源同 comb.即未梳理过的，不整洁的。