obliterate的词源

英文词源

obliterate

obliterate: see letter

obliterate (v.)

c. 1600, from Latin obliteratus, past participle of obliterare "cause to disappear, blot out, erase, efface," figuratively "cause to be forgotten," from ob "against" (see ob-) + littera (also litera) "letter, script" (see letter (n.)); abstracted from phrase literas scribere "write across letters, strike out letters." Related: Obliterated; obliterating.

中文词源

obliterate：覆盖，清除

来自拉丁语oblittero,涂抹，抹掉，来自oblino,涂抹，抹掉，-t,过去分词缀。来自ob-,相对，对着的，-lino,涂抹，词源同liniment,delete.拼写受letter,literal影响。

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