maintenance的词源

英文词源

maintenance (n.)

mid-14c., "bearing, deportment," from Old French maintenance "upkeep; shelter, protection,: from maintenir (see maintain). Meaning "action of upholding or keeping in being" is from early 15c. "Action of providing a person with the necessities of life" is from late 14c.

中文词源

maintenance：维持，保持

来自maintain的名词形式。

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maintenance：维修，保养；维持，保持

词根词缀： main(-man-)手 + -ten-握,持有 + -ance名词词尾