obligation的词源
英文词源
- obligation (n.)




- c. 1300, from Old French obligacion "obligation, duty, responsibility" (early 13c.) and directly from Latin obligationem (nominative obligatio) "an engaging or pledging," literally "a binding" (but rarely used in this sense), noun of action from past participle stem of obligare (see oblige). The notion is of binding with promises or by law or duty.
中文词源
词根词缀: ob-加强意义 + -lig-捆,约束 + -ation
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来自oblige,强迫,迫使,责任。
前缀ob-这里表to,词根lig-,ligat-表示to bind即捆绑。罗马旧法中,违约的债务人要被五花大绑到债权人眼前接受惩罚。随着罗马法律的完善,这样的形式消失了,但“欠债还钱”的理念还能在这个单词中找到。参考:
ligation: [laɪ'geʃən] n. 结扎