pensive的词源

英文词源

pensive

pensive: see pansy

pensive (adj.)

late 14c., from Old French pensif "thoughtful, distracted, musing" (11c.), from penser "to think," from Latin pensare "weigh, consider," frequentative of pendere "weigh" (see pendant). Related: Pensively; pensiveness.

中文词源

pensive：哀伤的，忧戚的

来自拉丁语pendere,悬挂，称量，词源同pendulum,dependent,pound.-s,表反复。即反复称量的，反复衡量的，引申词义哀伤的，忧戚的。词义演变比较deliberate.

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