largess的词源

英文词源

largesse (n.)

also largess, "willingness to give or spend freely; munificence," c. 1200, from Old French largesse "a bounty, munificence," from Vulgar Latin *largitia "abundance," from Latin largus "abundant" (see large). In medieval theology, "the virtue whose opposite is avarice, and whose excess is prodigality" ["Middle English Dictionary"]. For Old French suffix -esse, compare fortress.

中文词源

largess：慷慨，大方，施舍

large,大的，大方的，-ess,名词后缀。

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