Apedia

Latin French Condition Originally Meant Dicere English Passed

正面 630.condition
英 [kən'dɪʃ(ə)n]美 [kən'dɪʃən]

背面
释义:
n. 条件;情况;环境;身份vt. 决定;使适应;使健康;以…为条件
例句:
1. He was concerned with the enhancement of the human condition.他关心人类生存环境的改善。

矮子 shorty 小体
condition 情况来自法语。con-, 强调。-dit, 说,词源同dictate, dictionary. 字母c脱落比较benefit, benefactor. 原指描述的情况,规定的情况,后指客观情况。
conditioncondition: [14] Latin condīcere originally meant literally ‘talk together’ – it was a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and dicere ‘talk’ (whose base dic- forms the basis of a wide range of English words from abdicate to vindicate, including diction and dictionary). Gradually the idea of ‘talking together, discussing’ passed to ‘agreeing’, and the derived Latin noun conditiō originally meant ‘agreement’. From this came ‘stipulation, provision’, and hence ‘situation, mode of being’, all of them senses which passed via Old French condicion into English condition.=> abdicate, diction, dictionary, predict, vindicatecondition (n.)early 14c., condicioun, from Old French condicion "stipulation, state, behavior, social status" (12c., Modern French condition), from Latin condicionem (nominative condicio) "agreement, situation," from condicere "to speak with, talk together," from com- "together" (see com-) + dicere "to speak" (see diction). Evolution of meaning through "stipulation, condition," to "situation, mode of being."condition (v.)late 15c., "to make conditions," from condition (n.). Meaning "to bring to a desired condition" is from 1844. Related: Conditioned; conditioning."

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: English choice french verb choose formation source word

Previous card: Letter latin english meant plural french littera greek

Up to card list: coca 1-20200 english word,Image and sound