fiscal的词源

英文词源

fiscal: fiscal: [16] Latin fiscus originally denoted a ‘small rush basket’, used for example for keeping olives in. Evidently, though, the main purpose to which it was put was as a purse, for it soon acquired the figurative sense ‘public purse, public revenue’. Hence the adjective fiscālis ‘of the imperial treasury’, which passed into English via French fiscal.
fiscal (adj.): 1560s, "pertaining to public revenue," from Middle French fiscal, from Late Latin fiscalis "of or belonging to the state treasury," from Latin fiscus "state treasury," originally "money bag, purse, basket made of twigs (in which money was kept)," which is of unknown origin. The etymological notion is of the public purse. The general sense of "financial" (1865, American English) was abstracted from phrases fiscal calendar, fiscal year, etc. Related: Fiscally.

中文词源

fiscal（财政的）：古罗马人盛钱的小篮子

在古罗马时期，在钱包发明之前，商人用一种用灯芯草茎或芦苇变成的小篮子装钱。这种小篮子在拉丁语中叫fiscus。fiscus在古罗马用得极为普遍，因而古罗马帝国的财库也叫做fiscus，它的形容词是fiscalis。英语单词fiscal就是从拉丁语fiscalis演变而来的，原意是“皇家财库的”，随着社会政治制度的变迁，该词的意思也演变为“国家财政的”之意。

fiscal：['fɪsk(ə)l] adj.会记的，财政的，国库的

confiscate： ['kɒnfɪskeɪt] vt.没收，充公。记：con一道+fisc国库+ate动词后缀→与国库里的东西放在一起→没收至国库

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

fiscal：财政的

来自拉丁语fiscus, 钱篓，钱箱，国库，词源同basket, confiscate.比较budget.

fiscal：国库的，财政的

在古罗马时代商人用一种小篮子装钱，便于携带。这种小篮子系用灯心草茎或芦苇编制成，拉丁语叫fiscus，其作用相当于英语的purse（钱包）。fiscus在古罗马用得极为普遍，因而古罗马皇室财库就叫fisco英语fiscal这一形容词就是从以上两个词衍生出来的，原义为“皇室财库的”。经过了几个世纪的使用，凡与财政问题有关的均可用fiscal 一词来表示，如fiscal year（财政年度），fiscal resources（财源）等。

英语另有一个词confiscate也是源于fiscus的，由拉丁语前缴con-（相当于together）加fiscus衍变而来，故而有“没收”，“把…充公”之义。

fiscal：国库的；[美]财政的；会计的

来源于拉丁语中名词fiscus, fisci, m(钱包,国库)派生的fiscalis(皇家国库的),经古法语fiscal进入英语。

词根词缀： fisc国库 + -al形容词词尾