miserable的词源

英文词源

miserable (adj.)

early 15c., "full of misery, causing wretchedness" (of conditions), from Old French miserable "prone to pity, merciful," and directly from Latin miserabilis "pitiable, miserable, deplorable, lamentable," from miserari "to pity, lament, deplore," from miser "wretched" (see miser). Of persons, "existing in a state of misery" it is attested from 1520s.

中文词源

miserable：悲惨的，可怜的

来自拉丁语miser,可怜的，可悲的，悲惨的。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：miserable 词源，miserable 含义。

miserable：痛苦的，悲惨的；简陋的，不像样的

来源于拉丁语中miser(痛苦的,可怜的)派生的miserabilis(可怜的)。

词根词缀： miser可怜,悲惨 + -able形容词词尾