recess的词源

英文词源

recess (n.)

1530s, "act of receding," from Latin recessus "a going back, retreat," from recessum, past participle of recedere "to recede" (see recede). Meaning "hidden or remote part" first recorded 1610s; that of "period of stopping from usual work" is from 1620s, probably from parliamentary notion of "recessing" into private chambers.

recess (v.)

1809, from recess (n.). Related: Recessed; recessing.

中文词源

recess：休息时间，休会  

词根词缀： re-回,向后 + -cess-行走

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

recess：后退，休会，壁龛

来自 recede,后退，-ss,过去分词格。此处形容词作名词，引申诸相关词义。