prosecute的词源

英文词源

prosecute: prosecute: [15] If you prosecute someone, etymologically you ‘pursue’ them. The word comes from prōsecūt-, the past participial stem of prōsequī ‘pursue’, a compound verb formed from the prefix prō- ‘forward’ and sequī ‘follow’ (source of English sequal, sequence, etc). The word’s legal application emerged in the late 16th century.
=> pursue, sequal, sequence, suit
prosecute (v.): early 15c., "follow up, pursue" (some course or action), from Latin prosecutus, past participle of prosequi "follow after, accompany; chase, pursue; attack, assail, abuse" (see pursue). Meaning "bring to a court of law" is first recorded 1570s. Meaning "go into detail" is from 1530s.

来源于拉丁语中由前缀pro-(前)和动词sequi(跟随)组成的复合动词prosequi(追踪)。

词根词缀： pro-前 + -secut-跟随 + -e → 追踪→告发

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pro-,向前，-sec,跟随，追随，词源同execute,sequence.引申诸相关词义。