suffrage的词源

英文词源

suffrage (n.)

late 14c., "intercessory prayers or pleas on behalf of another," from Old French sofrage "plea, intercession" (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin suffragium, from Latin suffragium "support, ballot, vote; right of voting; a voting tablet," from suffragari "lend support, vote for someone," conjectured to be a compound of sub "under" (see sub-) + fragor "crash, din, shouts (as of approval)," related to frangere "to break" (see fraction). On another theory (Watkins, etc.) the second element is frangere itself and the notion is "use a broken piece of tile as a ballot" (compare ostracism). Meaning "a vote for or against anything" is from 1530s. The meaning "political right to vote" in English is first found in the U.S. Constitution, 1787.

中文词源

suffrage（选举权）：通过叫喊或碎瓦片来表决

这个单词来自拉丁语suffragium（投票、投票权），该词由sub（下面，在这里变为suf，与后面的f一致）+fragor（碰撞、叫喊、喧闹）构成，意思是在底下大声喊叫，通过声音来表示赞同，就像我们现在举手表示赞同一样。还有一种说法认为，fragor表示碎瓦片，意思是用碎瓦片来进行投票。不管是叫喊声还是碎瓦片，fragor都与frangere（=英语中的break）有关，而frangere正是英语词根frag（=break）的来源，含有frag的单词有：fragment碎片、fragile易碎的、fraction分数等。

该词进入英语后，最初表示“投票”。在美国1787年的宪法中，这个单词首次用来表示“选举权”。

suffrage：['sʌfrɪdʒ] n.选举权，投票，参政权

suffragette：[,sʌfrə'dʒet] n.支持妇女选举权的妇女。

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

suffrage：选举权，投票权

来自拉丁语 suffragium,投票，投票权，支持，来自 suffragari,投票，给予支持，来自 sub,在 下，向上，-frag,碎开，碎片，词源同 break,fragment.来自古希腊古罗马时期用碎瓦片碎骨片 投票的习俗。比较 ostracism,用碎骨片投票驱逐。