obese的词源

英文词源

obese

obese: see eat

obese (adj.)

1650s, back-formation from obesity and in part from Latin obesus "fat, stout, plump," past participle of obedere "that has eaten itself fat" (see obesity). According to OED, "Rare before 19th c." Related: Obeseness. Latin obesus was translated in Old English as oferfæt "overfat."

中文词源

obese：肥胖的

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obese 肥胖的

源于拉丁语动词obdere devour(吞食)的过去分词形式obesus。大概是基于吞食可能发胖这一点，obese被赋予“肥胖的”一义。

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obese：肥胖的

ob-,在上，表强调，-es,吃，词源同edible,eat.即吃多了，引申词义肥胖的。