英文词源
- caution
- caution: see show
- caution (n.)
- c. 1300, "bail, guarantee, pledge," from Old French caution "security, surety" (13c.), from Latin cautionem (nominative cautio) "caution, care, foresight, precaution," noun of action from past participle stem of cavere "to be on one's guard" (see caveat). The Latin sense re-emerged in English 16c.-17c. Meaning "word of warning" is from c. 1600.
- caution (v.)
- "to warn," 1640s, from caution (n.). Related: Cautioned; cautioning.
中文词源
来自PIE*skeue, 注意，留意，词源同caveat, show(原义看别人，现义给别人看)。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：caution 词源，caution 含义。
来源于拉丁语动词caveo, cavere, cavi, cautus(提防,小心)。
词根词缀： caut小心 + -ion名词后缀
同源词： cautious, precaution
