neglect的词源

英文词源

neglect (v.)

1520s, from Latin neglectus, past participle of neglegere "to make light of, disregard, be indifferent to, not heed, not trouble oneself about," literally "not to pick up," variant of neclegere, from Old Latin nec "not" (see deny) + legere "pick up, select" (see lecture (n.)). Related: Neglected; neglecting.

neglect (n.)

1580s, from neglect (v.) or from Latin neglectus "a neglecting," noun use of past participle of neglegere.

中文词源

neglect：忽视

neg-,否定，没有，-lect,选择，词源同collect,elect.即没有选出来，忽视。

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

neglect：忽略，忽视；疏忽，玩忽

词根词缀： -neg-否认 + -lect-采集