decency的词源

英文词源

decency (n.)

1560s, "appropriateness," from Latin decentia "comeliness, decency," from decentem "becoming, fitting" (see decent). Meaning "modesty" (i.e. "appropriateness to standards of society") is from 1630s.

中文词源

decency：正派，体面

来源于拉丁语dec.us, decor.is, n(装饰),词干为-dec-, -décor-

词根词缀： -dec-装饰 + -ency名词词尾

同源词：decorate, decoration, decorative, decorous, decorum, decent

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