subsistence的词源

英文词源

subsistence (n.): early 15c., "existence, independence," from Late Latin subsistentia "substance, reality," in Medieval Latin also "stability," from Latin subsistens, present participle of subsistere "stand still or firm" (see subsist). Latin subsistentia is a loan-translation of Greek hypostasis "foundation, substance, real nature, subject matter; that which settles at the bottom, sediment," literally "anything set under." In the English word, meaning "act or process of support for physical life" is from 1640s.

词根词缀： sub-下 + -sist-站 + -ence名词词尾 → 站下去

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subsist,维持生活，度日，-ence,名词后缀。