maritime的词源

英文词源

maritime (adj.): 1540s, "of or pertaining to the sea," from Middle French maritime (16c.) or directly from Latin maritimus "of the sea, near the sea," from mare (genitive maris) "sea" (see mere (n.)) + Latin ending -timus, originally a superlative suffix (compare intimus "inmost," ultimus "last"), here denoting "close association with." Maritimes "seacoast regions of a country" is from 1590s; specifically of the southeasternmost provinces of Canada by 1926.

来自中古法语maritime,来自拉丁语maritimus,海的，与海相关的，来自mari-,海，词源marine,-tim,最高级后缀，词源同intimate,ultimate.引申词义海事的，海运的等。

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词根词缀： -mar-海 + itime