dedication的词源

英文词源

dedication (n.)

late 14c., "action of dedicating," from Old French dedicacion (14c., Modern French dédication) "consecration of a church or chapel," or directly from Latin dedicationem, noun of action from dedicare (see dedicate). Meaning "the giving of oneself to some purpose" is c. 1600; as an inscription in a book, etc., from 1590s.

中文词源

dedication：奉献，贡献；专心，致力；题词，揭幕

词根词缀： de-加强意义 + -dic-说,讲 + -ation名词词尾

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