retail的词源

英文词源

retail: retail: [14] Retail etymologically denotes the sale of ‘cut-off’ bits, hence sale in small quantities. It comes from Old French retaille ‘piece cut off’, a derivative of retaillier ‘cut up’. This was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix re- and taillier ‘cut’ (source of English tailor). It use in English for ‘sell in small quantities’ was probably inspired by the Italian retagliare, which has the same meaning. The figurative sense ‘relate, tell’ appeared at the end of the 16th century.
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retail (v.): mid-14c. "sell in small quantities or parcels," from Old French retaillier "cut back, cut off, pare, clip, reduce, circumcise," from re- "back" (see re-) + taillier "to cut, trim" (see tailor (n.)). Sometimes also "to deal out (information, etc.) in small quantities; hand down by report; recount, tell over again" (1590s). Related: Retailed; retailing.
retail (n.): early 15c., "sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels or at second hand" (opposed to wholesale), from Old French retail "piece cut off, shred, scrap, paring" (Modern French retaille), from retaillier (see retail (v.)). The notion of the English word is "a selling by the piece." This sense is not in French, however, and comes perhaps from cognate Italian ritaglio, which does have that sense. As an adjective, "of or pertaining to sale at retail," c. 1600.

tail的词源解释见detail词条。

词根词缀： re-再 + tail分割 → 再分割,化整为零

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

re-,向后，往回，-tail,剪，切，词源同 tailor.即切下来，引申词义零售，销售。

用单词detail（细节）来体会词根tail，其中de这个前缀用于加强语气，可解释为“完全地”，词根tail表“切割”，大块的物体会被越切越小，粗略的概念会被越分越细，由此引申为“细节”。retail中re也是加强语气，零售与批发相对，化整为零，卖的是个体商品。

re-,向后，往回，-tail,剪，切，词源同 tailor.即切下来，引申词义零售，销售。

re-,向后，往回，-tail,剪，切，词源同 tailor.即切下来，引申词义详说，细说。