protect的词源

英文词源

protect

protect: [16] The -tect element of protect goes back to the past participle of Latin tegere ‘cover’ (source of English integument [17] and toga [16] and related to thatch). Combination with the prefix prō- ‘in front’ produced prōtegere ‘cover in front, protect’. Another English product of the past participle tectus is detect [15].
=> detect, integument, thatch, toga

protect (v.)

mid-15c., from Latin protectus, past participle of protegere "to protect, cover in front" (see protection). International economics sense from 1789. Related: Protected; protecting.

中文词源

protect：保护，保卫   

词根词缀： pro-前 + -tect-掩盖 → 预先盖住

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protect：保护

来自拉丁语protegere,保护，覆盖，来自pro-,向前，-teg,遮盖，覆盖，词源同protege,detective.-ct,过去分词格。