embarrassment的词源

英文词源

embarrassment (n.)

1670s, "state of being impeded, obstructed, or entangled" (of affairs, etc.), from embarrass + -ment, or from French embarrassement, from embarrasser.

As "a mental state of unease," from 1774. Meaning "thing which embarrasses" is from 1729. Earlier words expressing much the same idea include baishment "embarrassment, confusion" (late 14c.); baishednesse (mid-15c.).

中文词源

embarrassment：困窘，困惑

词根词缀： em-入,向内 + -barr-栅栏,障碍 + ass + -ment名词词尾

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