envelop的词源

英文词源

envelop (v.)

late 14c., envolupen, "be involved" (in sin, crime, etc.), from Old French envoleper "envelop, cover; fold up, wrap up" (10c., Modern French envelopper), from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + voloper "wrap up," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps Celtic (see Gamillscheg, Diez) or Germanic ("Century Dictionary"). Literal sense is from 1580s. Related: Enveloped; enveloping.

中文词源

envelop：包住，围住

en-, 进入，使。-velop, 围，绕，词源同develop,wind.

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：envelop 词源，envelop 含义。

envelop：包封，封闭

来源于古法语envoloper(封套,信封),由en-(向内)和voloper(包裹)组成。

词根词缀： en-向内 + -velop-包,裹住