prostrate的词源

英文词源

prostrate: prostrate: see strata
prostrate (adj.): mid-14c., "lying face-down" (in submission, worship, etc.), from Latin prostratus, past participle of prosternere "strew in front, throw down," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + sternere "to spread out," from PIE root *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch out" (see structure (n.)). Figurative use from 1590s. General sense of "laid out, knocked flat" is from 1670s.
prostrate (v.): early 15c., prostraten, "prostrate oneself," from prostrate (adj.). Related: Prostrated; prostrating.

来自拉丁语prostratus,俯伏的，来自prosternere,俯伏，拜倒，来自pro-,向前，sternere,展开，张开，词源同stratum,structure.

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