promise的词源

英文词源

promise: promise: [14] Latin prōmittere originally meant simply ‘send forth’ (it was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō- ‘forward’ and mittere ‘send’, source of English mission, missile, transmit, etc). But it soon evolved metaphorically via ‘say in advance, foretell’ to ‘cause to expect’ and hence ‘promise’ – the sense adopted into English via its past participle prōmissum.
=> admit, commit, missile, mission, submit, transmit
promise (n.): c. 1400, "a pledge, vow," from Old French promesse "promise, guarantee, assurance" (13c.) and directly from Latin promissum "a promise," noun use of neuter past participle of promittere "send forth; let go; foretell; assure beforehand, promise," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + mittere "to put, send" (see mission). The ground sense is "declaration made about the future, about some act to be done or not done."
promise (v.): c. 1400, from promise (n.). Related: Promised; promising. Promised land (1530s) is a reference to the land of Canaan promised to Abraham and his progeny (Hebrew xi:9, etc.; Greek ten ges tes epangelias).

来源于拉丁语中由pro-(前)和mittere(送,派)组成的复合词promittere(往前送→提前说,承诺)的过去分词promissum。

词根词缀： pro-前 + mis(-mit-)送,派 + -e动词词尾

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来自古法语promesse,承诺，保证，来自拉丁语promissum,承诺，来自pro-,向前，-miss,送出，词源同mission,emit.