incinerate的词源

英文词源

incinerate (v.)

1550s, from Medieval Latin incineratus "reduced to ashes," pp. of incinerare, from Latin in- "into" (see in- (2)) + cinis (genitive cineris) "ashes," from PIE root *keni- "dust, ashes" (cognates: Greek konis "dust"). Used earlier in English as a past participle adjective meaning "reduced to ashes" (early 15c.). Related: Incinerated; incinerating.

中文词源

incinerate：焚烧

in-,进入，使，-ciner,灰，灰烬，词源同Cinderella，灰姑娘。即烧成灰烬。

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