due的词源

英文词源

due

due: see duty

due (adj.)

early 14c., "customary, regular;" mid-14c., "owing, payable," from Old French deu, past participle of devoir "to owe," from Latin debere "to owe" (see debt).

In reference to points of the compass (as in due east) it is attested from c. 1600, originally nautical, from notion of "fitting, rightful." As an adverb from 1590s; as a noun from early 15c. Prepositional phrase due to (much maligned by grammarians) is from 1897.

中文词源

due：由于，应当，应有

来自拉丁语debere, 欠款，欠债，应还，词源同debt,indebted.

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：due 词源，due 含义。

due：应…的；(to)应支付的；应有的；(车、船等)预定到达的

来源于拉丁语复合动词debere(欠),由前缀de-(离开)和habere(拥有)组成,其过去分词为debitus(英语debit和debt的词源),进入古法语为deu,进入英语为due。