obligate的词源

英文词源

obligate (v.)

1540s, "to bind, connect;" 1660s, "to put under moral obligation," back-formation from obligation, or else from Latin obligatus, past participle of obligare (see oblige). Oblige, with which it has been confused since late 17c., means "to do one a favor." Related: Obligated; obligating.

中文词源

obligate：使负(法律上或道义上的)义务；强迫  

词根词缀： ob-加强意义 + -lig-捆,约束 + -ate动词词尾

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