missive的词源

英文词源

missive (n.)

mid-15c., "commandment," noun use of adjective (mid-15c.) meaning "sent by superior authority," from Medieval Latin missivus "for sending, sent," especially in littera missiva "letters sent," from Latin missus, past participle of mittere "to send" (see mission).

中文词源

missive：信函，公函

来自拉丁语littera missiva,即送出去的信。特用于指比较正式的信件，即信函，公函等。

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