perspiration的词源

英文词源

perspiration (n.)

1610s, from French perspiration (1560s), noun of action from perspirer "perspire," from Latin perspirare "blow or breathe constantly," from per- "through" (see per) + spirare "to breathe, blow" (see spirit (n.)). Applied to excretion of invisible moistures through the skin (1620s), hence used as a euphemism for "sweat" from 1725.

中文词源

perspiration：排汗，汗水

词根词缀： per-贯穿,通过 + -spir-呼吸 + -ation

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