locomotive的词源

英文词源

locomotive

locomotive: [17] Locomotive denotes etymologically ‘moving by change of place’. It is an anglicization of modern Latin locōmōtīvus, a compound formed from locus ‘place’ and mōtīvus ‘causing to move’ (source of English motive). Originally it was used strictly as an adjective, and it was not until the early 19th century that the present-day noun use (which began life as an abbreviation of locomotive engine) emerged.

locomotive (adj.)

1610s, "pertaining to movement," from French locomotif, from Latin loco "from a place" (ablative of locus "place;" see locus) + Late Latin motivus "moving" (see motive). The noun meaning "railroad engine" is from 1829, short for locomotive engine (1814).

中文词源

locomotive：移动的，火车头

来自locomotion,移动，运动，引申词义机车，火车头。

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locomotive：机车，火车头

词根词缀： -loc-地方,位置 + -o- + -mot-移动 + -ive形容词词尾 → 移动位置的(机器)