reservoir的词源

英文词源

reservoir (n.)

1680s, "a place where something tends to collect," originally figurative, from French réservoir "storehouse," from Old French reserver "to reserve" (see reserve (n.)). Specific meaning "artificial basin to collect and store a large body of water" is from 1705.

中文词源

reservoir：水库，蓄水池 

来源于拉丁语复合动词reserver(保留,保持),经由法语reservoir进入英语。

词根词缀： re-回,向后 + -serv-保持,留心 + oir

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