obit的词源

英文词源

obit (n.)

late 14c., "death," from Middle French obit or directly from Latin obitus "death," noun use of past participle of obire "to die," literally "to go toward" (see obituary). In modern usage (since 1874) it is usually a clipped form of obituary, though it had the same meaning of "published death notice" 15c.-17c. The scholarly abbreviation ob. with date is from Latin obiit "(he) died," third person singular of obire.

中文词源

obit：讣告 

来源于拉丁语中由ob-(离开)和动词ire(行,走)组成的动词obire(死)的过去分词obitus。

词根词缀： ob-离开 + -it-行,走

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：obit 词源，obit 含义。