passive的词源

英文词源

passive (adj.): late 14c., in grammatical sense (opposed to active), Old French passif "suffering, undergoing hardship" (14c.) and directly from Latin passivus "capable of feeling or suffering," from pass-, past participle stem of pati "to suffer" (see passion). Meaning "not active" is first recorded late 15c.; sense of "enduring suffering without resistance" is from 1620s. Related: Passively. Passive resistance first attested 1819 in Scott's "Ivanhoe," used throughout 19c.; re-coined by Gandhi c. 1906 in South Africa. Passive-aggressive with reference to behavior is attested by 1971.

词根词缀： -pass-痛苦 + -ive形容词词尾 → 痛苦→忍受→被动

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：passive 词源，passive 含义。

来自拉丁语pati,忍受，承受，词源同passion.即承受的，引申词义被动的，消极的。