maintain的词源
英文词源
- maintain
- maintain: [13] Etymologically, maintain means ‘hold in the hand’. It comes via Old French maintenir from Vulgar Latin *manūtenēre ‘support’, a compound verb formed from manū, the ablative case of manus ‘hand’, and tenēre ‘hold’. The derivative maintenance [14] comes from Old French.
=> maintenance, manual, tenant - maintain (v.)
- mid-13c., "to practice habitually," from Anglo-French meintenir (Old French maintenir, 12c.) "keep (a wife), sustain; persevere in, practice continually," from Latin manu tenere "hold in the hand," from manu, ablative of manus "hand" (see manual) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Meaning "to carry on, keep up" is from mid-14c.; that of "to keep oneself, to support" is from late 14c. Sense of "to defend in speech" is from mid-14c. Related: Maintained; maintaining; maintains.
中文词源
来自古法语maintenir,保持，维持，来自拉丁语manu tenere,握在手上，控制，来自manu,手，词源同manual,tenere,握住，词源同tenure,contain.引申多种词义。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：maintain 词源，maintain 含义。
maintain：保持；维持；维修，保养(车辆、道路等)；支持，坚持，主张
来源于拉丁语中由manus(手)和tenere(握,持有)组成的复合词manutenere(用手去维持),经古法语maintenir进入英语。
词根词缀： main(-man-)手 + -tain-握,持有
