英文词源
- appetite
- appetite: [14] In its origins, appetite referred to a very generalized desire or inclination; the wish for food is a secondary development. The Latin noun was appetītus, a derivative of the compound verb appetere ‘strive after, desire eagerly’, which was based on petere ‘go to, seek out’ (source also of English compete, impetus, petition, and repeat, and related to feather).
=> compete, impetus, petition, repeat - appetite (n.)
- c. 1300, "craving for food," from Anglo-French appetit, Old French apetit (13c.) "appetite, desire, eagerness," from Latin appetitus "appetite," literally "desire toward," from appetitus, past participle of appetere "to long for, desire; strive for, grasp at," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + petere "go to, seek out" (see petition (n.)).
Of other desires or cravings, from late 14c. As an adjective form, OED lists appetitious (1650s) and appetitual (1610s) as "obsolete," but appetitive (1570s) continues.
中文词源
appetite：食欲
发音释义：['æpɪtaɪt] n. 食欲，胃口，欲望
结构分析：appetite = ap（=ad，去）+ peti（渴望）+te（名词后缀）→欲望→食欲
词源解析：peti←拉丁语petere（寻求）
同源词：petition（请愿），compete（竞争←共同追求）
衍生词：appetize（开胃），appetizer（开胃菜）
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：appetite 词源，appetite 含义。
appetite：胃口
前缀ap-同ad-. 词根pet, 追求，见compete, 竞争。此处指渴望美食。
appetite：食欲，胃口，欲望，爱好
来源于拉丁语appet.ere(为…奋斗)的过去分词appet.it.us。
归于词根-pet-(寻求)。