portrait的词源

英文词源

portrait

portrait: [16] Portrait was borrowed from French portrait, which originated as the past participle of the verb portraire ‘depict’ (source of English portray [14]). This was descended from Latin prōtrahere, a compound verb formed from the prefix prō- ‘forth’ and trahere ‘draw’ (source of English tractor). This originally meant ‘draw out, reveal’, and also ‘lengthen’ (it has given English protract [16]), but in medieval Latin it came to be used for ‘depict’.
=> portray, protract, tractor

portrait (n.)

1560s, "a figure, drawn or painted," a back formation from portraiture or directly from Middle French portrait, from Old French portret (13c.), noun use of past participle of portraire "to paint, depict" (see portray). Especially of the head and face of a person.

中文词源

portrait：肖像，画像

来源于拉丁语中由前缀pro-(前)和动词trahere(拉)组成的复合动词protrahere(拉出,显露)。

词根词缀： por(pro-)前 + trait(-tract-)拉

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

portrait：肖像，描绘

来自中古法语portrait,肖像，描绘，来自古法语portraire,描绘，描画，-t,过去分词格，词源同portray.