decrepit的词源

英文词源

decrepit

decrepit: [15] The underlying meaning of decrepit is ‘cracked’. It comes from Latin dēcrepitus, an adjective formed (with the intensive prefix dē-) from the past participle of crepāre ‘creak, rattle, crack’ (ultimate source also of English crepitation, crevice, and probably craven).

decrepit (adj.)

mid-15c., from Middle French décrépit (15c.), from Latin decrepitus "very old, infirm," from de- "down" (see de-) + *crepitus, past participle of crepare "to crack, break" (see raven).

中文词源

decrepit：衰老的；破坏的

来源于拉丁语动词crepare(破裂声,吱吱响)的过去分词crepitus。

词根词缀： de-离开 + -crep-破裂声 + -it形容词词尾

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