preliminary的词源

英文词源

preliminary (adj.)

1660s, from French préliminaire and directly from Medieval Latin praeliminaris, from Latin prae- "before" (see pre-) + limen (genitive liminis) "threshold" (see limit (n.)). A word that arose in reference to negotiations to end the Thirty Years' War. Earliest attested form in English is preliminaries (n.), 1650s.

中文词源

preliminary：初步的，预备的

词根词缀： pre-前,先 + -limin-界限 + -ary形容词词尾

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

preliminary：初步的，初期的

pre-,在前，早于，-limin,界限，门槛，开端，词源同limit.引申词义初步的，初期的。