neuter的词源

英文词源

neuter: neuter: [14] From a formal point of view, Latin neuter is virtually identical to English neither. Both originated as compounds formed from a negative particle and an element meaning ‘which of two’. In the case of neuter these were ne and uter, which in combination denoted etymologically ‘neither one thing nor the other’. The specialized application to grammatical gender soon emerged, and it was in this sense that neuter was first adopted into English. The derivative neutral [16] goes back to Latin neutrālis.
neuter (v.): 1903, from neuter (adj.). Originally in reference to pet cats. Related: Neutered; neutering.
neuter (adj.): late 14c., of grammatical gender, "neither masculine nor feminine," from Latin neuter "of the neuter gender," literally "neither one nor the other," from ne- "not, no" (see un-) + uter "either (of two)" (see whether). Probably a loan-translation of Greek oudeteros "neither, neuter." In 16c., it had the sense of "taking neither side, neutral."

来自拉丁语neuter,中性的，来自ne-,无，没有，uter,两者中的一个，词源同either.引申词义两个都不是，中性的，阉割。

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

和neither同源,来源于一个否定前缀和一个意义为“两者之一”的词汇的复合词。

与词根-neutr-(中)同源

同源词：neither