mansion的词源
英文词源
- mansion (n.)
- mid-14c., "chief residence of a lord," from Old French mansion "stay, permanent abode, house, habitation, home; mansion; state, situation" (13c.), from Latin mansionem (nominative mansio) "a staying, a remaining, night quarters, station," noun of action from past participle stem of manere "to stay, abide," from PIE *men- "to remain, wait for" (cognates: Greek menein "to remain," Persian mandan "to remain"). Sense of "any large and stately house" is from 1510s. The word also was used in Middle English as "a stop or stage of a journey," hence probably astrological sense "temporary home" (late 14c.).
中文词源
来自拉丁语manere,停留，来自PIE*men,停留，等待，固定，词源同remain,permanent,manor.-se,过去分词后缀，-ion,名词后缀。引申词义家园，住所，后特别用于指大型庄园，公馆，宅第等。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：mansion 词源，mansion 含义。
mansion指的可不是一般住房，而是相当豪华的官邸宅第，或高楼大厦，因此有人在译曹雪芹的名著《红楼梦》时，就用的是mansion来译书名的这个“楼”字（“Dream of the Red Mansions”）。
不过，这个词的祖先可没有这么荣华富贵，它只不过是普通的住处而已。Mansion是从拉丁语的manere（居住）派生来的，最早出现在13世纪的拉丁语里，当时的意思是“房舍”、“住所”。
词根词缀： -man-居住,留 + -sion名词词尾
