rescue的词源

英文词源

rescue

rescue: see quash

rescue (n.)

late 14c., from rescue (v.). Earlier noun was rescous (early 14c.), from Old French rescous.

rescue (v.)

c. 1300, from stem of Old French rescorre "protect, keep safe; free, deliver" (Modern French recourre), from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + escourre "to cast off, discharge," from Latin excutere "to shake off, drive away," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + -cutere, combining form of quatere "to shake" (see quash). Related: Rescued; rescuing.

中文词源

rescue：营救，救援

来自古法语 rescurre,营救，解救，来自拉丁语 re-,表强调，excutere,摇出，来自 ex-,向外，-cut, 摇，晃动，词源同 discuss,percussion.

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

rescue：援救；营救

前缀re-用于加强语气；-s-同于ex-，指“向外”；-cue本义“摇，甩”，与percussion（打击乐器）中的-cuss同源；字面义“甩脱”。这里用联想：re-看做前缀“往回”，-scue音似secure（安全的），则字面义为“回到安全境地”。

rescue：营救，救援

来自古法语 rescurre,营救，解救，来自拉丁语 re-,表强调，excutere,摇出，来自 ex-,向外，-cut, 摇，晃动，词源同 discuss,percussion.