reliable的词源

英文词源

reliable (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1560s, raliabill, Scottish; see rely + -able. Not common before 1850; and sometimes execrated thereafter in Britain as an Americanism because it involves a use of -able different from its use in provable, etc., but defended (by OED, Century Dictionary, etc.) on grounds of use of the suffix in available, laughable, etc.. Related: Reliably.

中文词源

reliable:可靠的,可信赖的

词根词缀: re-再;回 + -li-捆 + -able形容词词尾

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reliable:可靠的

来自 rely,依靠,信赖。

reliable:可靠的

来自 rely,依靠,信赖。