indifferent的词源

英文词源

indifferent

indifferent: see different

indifferent (adj.)

late 14c., "unbiased," from Old French indifferent "impartial" or directly from Latin indifferentem (nominative indifferens) "not differing, not particular, of not consequence, neither good nor evil," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + differens, present participle of differre "set apart" (see differ). Extended sense of "apathetic" first recorded early 15c.; that of "neither good nor bad" 1530s, on notion of "neither more nor less advantageous."

中文词源

indifferent：冷淡的

in-,不，非，different,不同的。即没有不同的，引申词义冷淡的。

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

indifferent：冷漠的，不关心的，不积极的

词根词缀： in-否定 + dif-分开 + -fer-携带,拿取 + -ent形容词词尾 → 没有分开拿,没有各执一词 → 既不赞成也不反对 → 冷漠的,不关心的