predicate的词源

英文词源

predicate

predicate: see indicate

predicate (n.)

mid-15c., a term in logic, from Middle French predicat and directly from Medieval Latin predicatum, from Latin praedicatum "that which is said of the subject," noun use of neuter past participle of praedicare "assert, proclaim, declare publicly," from prae- "forth, before" (see pre-) + dicare "proclaim," from stem of dicere "to speak, to say" (see diction). Grammatical sense is from 1630s. Related: Predicative; predicator; predicatory.

predicate (adj.)

1887, from Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicare "proclaim, announce" (see predicate (n.)).

predicate (v.)

1550s, back formation from predication, or else from Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicare "proclaim, announce" (see predicate (n.)). Related: Predicated; predicating. Phrase predicated on "founded on, based on," is American English, first recorded 1766.

中文词源

predicate：表明，断言，基于

来自拉丁语praedicare,预测，断言，声称，来自prae,在前，早于，dicare,说，声称，词源同diction.并引申诸相关词义。

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