prescribe的词源

英文词源

prescribe (v.)

"to write down as a direction," mid-15c., from Latin praescribere "write beforehand" (see prescription). Related: Prescribed; prescribing. Medical sense is from 1580s, probably a back formation from prescription.

中文词源

prescribe：开(药方，处方)，规定，指示

词根词缀： pre-前 + -scrib-写 + -e动词词尾

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

prescribe：规定，命令，开药

pre-,在前，早于，预先，-scribe,写，词源同describe.引申诸相关词义。