preserve的词源

英文词源

preserve

preserve: [14] The -serve of preserve comes from Latin servāre ‘keep safe’ (no relation to servīre ‘serve’, but source also of English conserve, observe, and reserve). Combination with prae- ‘before’ produced medieval Latin praeservāre ‘guard beforehand, take steps to ward off possible harm’, which reached English via Old French preserver.
=> conserve, observe, reserve

preserve (v.)

late 14c., "keep safe," from Anglo-French preservare, Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin preservare "keep, preserve," from Late Latin praeservare "guard beforehand," from Latin prae "before" (see pre-) + servare "to keep safe" (see observe). As a treatment of fruit, etc., 1570s; of organic bodies from 1610s. Related: Preserved; preserving.

preserve (n.)

"fruit preserved with sugar," c. 1600, from preserve (v.). Earlier it meant "a preservative" (1550s). Sense of "protected place for animals or plants" (a sense more properly belonging to conserve) is from 1807.

中文词源

preserve：保护，维护，保留；维持

来源于拉丁语中由前缀prae-(前,先)和动词servare(保持,留心)组成的复合动词praeservare(事先保护,提前应对可能的危险)。

词根词缀： pre-前,先 + -serv-保持,留心 + -e动词词尾

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

preserve：保护，维护，保存

pre-,在前，早于，预先，-serv,保护，看护，词源同conserve,observe.