pusillanimous的词源

英文词源

pusillanimous

pusillanimous: [16] Pusillanimous means etymologically ‘tiny-spirited’. It comes from late Latin pūsillanimis, a compound adjective formed from pūsillus ‘very small or weak’ (a descendant of the same base as produced Latin puer ‘child, boy’, source of English puerile) and animus ‘mind, spirit’ (source of English animate).
=> animal, animate, puerile

pusillanimous (adj.)

early 15c., from Late Latin pusillanimis "having little courage" (used in Church Latin to translate Greek oligopsychos "small-souled"), from Latin pusillis "very weak, little" (diminutive of pullus "young animal;" see foal (n.)) + animus "spirit, courage" (see animus). Related: Pusillanimously; pusillanimousness.

中文词源

pusillanimous：胆怯的

来自拉丁语pusillis,非常弱小的，瘦弱的，来自pullus的不规则小词形式，词源同pullet,foal.-anim,呼吸，勇气，词源同animal.引申词义胆怯的。

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：pusillanimous 词源，pusillanimous 含义。