obstacle的词源

英文词源

obstacle (n.)

mid-14c., from Old French obstacle, ostacle "opposition, obstruction, hindrance" (13c.) or directly from Latin obstaculum "a hindrance, obstacle," with instrumental suffix *-tlom + obstare "stand before, stand opposite to, block, hinder, thwart," from ob "against" (see ob-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).

The lover thinks more often of reaching his mistress than the husband of guarding his wife; the prisoner thinks more often of escaping than the gaoler of shutting his door; and so, whatever the obstacles may be, the lover and the prisoner ought to succeed. [Stendhal, "Charterhouse of Parma"]

Obstacle course is attested from 1891.

中文词源

obstacle：障碍(物)，妨碍

词根词缀： ob-相反;对面 + -st-站立,放置 + -acle名词词尾

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obstacle：障碍

ob-,相对，对着的，-st,站，站立，词源同stand.即对着站的，站在对面的，引申词义障碍。