liquidate的词源

英文词源

liquidate (v.)

1570s, "to reduce to order, to set out clearly" (of accounts), from Late Latin or Medieval Latin liquidatus, past participle of liquidare "to melt, make liquid or clear, clarify," from Latin liquidus (see liquid). Sense of "clear away" (a debt) first recorded 1755. The meaning "wipe out, kill" is from 1924, possibly from Russian likvidirovat. Related: Liquidated; liquidating.

中文词源

liquidate：使清算，使清偿

来自liquid,流动，液体。用于经济学资产的流动性，清算，清偿等。

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

liquidate：清算，偿清(债务)；清理(破产企业)

来源于拉丁语动词liquere“清澈”、“清楚”的意义。

词根词缀： -liqu-液体→清澈,清楚 + -id形容词词尾 + -ate动词词尾