polite的词源

英文词源

polite

polite: [15] Someone who is polite is etymologically ‘polished’ – indeed that is what the word originally meant in English (‘The arch within and without was hiled [covered] with gold polite’, Mirror of man’s salvation 1450). This had passed metaphorically into ‘refined’ by the 16th century, but not until the 17th century did the modern sense ‘having refined manners’ emerge. It was borrowed from polītus, the past participle of Latin polīre ‘polish’ (source of English polish).
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polite (adj.)

late 14c., "polished, burnished" (mid-13c. as a surname), from Latin politus "refined, elegant, accomplished," literally "polished," past participle of polire "to polish, to make smooth" (see polish (v.)). Used literally at first in English; sense of "elegant, cultured" is first recorded c. 1500, that of "behaving courteously" is 1748 (implied in politely). Related: Politeness.

中文词源

polite：有礼貌的，客气的；有教养的，文雅的

来源于拉丁语动词polio, polire, polivi, politus(抛光)。

词根词缀： -polit-抛光→精炼 + -e

同源词：polish

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polite：有礼貌的

来自拉丁语politus,擦亮的，优雅的，来自拉丁语polire,装饰，使整洁，词源同polish.