pursue的词源
英文词源
- pursue
- pursue: [13] Pursue is first cousin to prosecute. Both go back ultimately to Latin prōsequī ‘follow up, pursue’. This led fairly directly to English prosecute, but it also seems to have had a Vulgar Latin descendant *prōsequere, which passed into English via Old French porsivre and Anglo-Norman pursuer as pursue.
=> prosecute, sue, suit - pursue (v.)
- late 13c., "to follow with hostile intent," from Anglo-French pursuer and directly from Old French poursuir (Modern French poursuivre), variant of porsivre "to chase, pursue, follow; continue, carry on," from Vulgar Latin *prosequare, from Latin prosequi "follow, accompany, attend; follow after, escort; follow up, pursue," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + sequi "follow" (see sequel). Meaning "to proceed, to follow" (a path, etc.), usually figurative (a course of action, etc.), is from late 14c. This sense also was in Latin. Related: Pursued; pursuing. For sense, compare prosecute.
中文词源
pursue：追踪，追赶；追求；从事，继续
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),经由古法语porsivre和盎格鲁-诺曼底语pursuer进入英语为pursue。
词根词缀： pur(pro-)前 + sue(-sequ-)跟随 → 追踪
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：pursue 词源，pursue 含义。
来自古法语poursuir,来自porsivre拼写变体，来自俗拉丁语*prosequare,来自prosequi,追求，追随，跟随，追逐，来自pur-,向前，-seq,跟随，词源同sequence,prosecute,execute.
