英文词源
- closet (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French closet "small enclosure, private room," diminutive of clos "enclosure," from Latin clausum "closed space, enclosure, confinement," from neuter past participle of claudere "to shut" (see close (v.)). In Matt. vi:6 it renders Latin cubiculum "bedchamber, bedroom," Greek tamieion "chamber, inner chamber, secret room;" thus originally in English "a private room for study or prayer." Modern sense of "small side-room for storage" is first recorded 1610s.
The adjective is from 1680s, "private, secluded;" meaning "secret, unknown" recorded from 1952, first of alcoholism, but by 1970s used principally of homosexuality; the phrase come out of the closet "admit something openly" first recorded 1963, and lent new meanings to the word out. - closet (v.)
- "shut up as in a closet" (originally usually for purposes of concealment or private consultation), 1680s, from closet (v.). Related: Closeted; closeting.
中文词源
closet：厕所
closet，又作water closet，缩写为W.C.，意为“厕所”或“盥洗室”，又指“壁橱”、“小室”。这个词来源于拉丁词clausum，意思是“closed place（关闭的地方）”。Closet愿意为“私室”，如国王的“议事室”、“密室”等。至今仍有“to be closeted with sb.”的说法，意思是“与某人在密室中商谈”。
“厕所”、“盥洗室”在某种意义上讲也是一个秘密的、不公开的场所。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：closet 词源，closet 含义。
closet：橱，壁橱；(私密会谈的)小房间；盥洗室，厕所
词根词缀： -clos- 关,闭 + -et名词词尾,小 → 封闭的小空间 → 密谈的小房间/储藏室/厕所
closet：壁橱
来自close,关闭，-et,小词后缀。