quite的词源

英文词源

quite

quite: [14] Quite is essentially the same word as the adjective quit ‘free, absolved, discharged, cleared’ (which in Middle English commonly took the alternative form quite). It came to be used as an adverb meaning ‘thoroughly, clearly’. The weaker modern sense ‘fairly’ did not develop until as recently as the mid-19th century.
=> quit

quite (adv.)

early 14c., adverbial form of Middle English quit, quite (adj.) "free, clear" (see quit (adj.)). Originally "thoroughly;" the weaker sense of "fairly" is attested from mid-19c.

中文词源

quite：十分，相当

来自中古英语quit,quite,结清债务的，自由的。引申副词词义整个地，十分，相当。词义演 变比较even,just,very.

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