英文词源
- complicate
- complicate: see ply
- complicate (v.)
- 1620s, "to intertwine" (as a past participle adjective, early 15c.), from Latin complicatus "folded together; confused, intricate," past participle of complicare (see complication). Meaning "to make more complex" is recorded from 1832, from earlier sense "to combine in a complex way" (17c.). Related: Complicated; complicating.
中文词源
complicate:复杂化
com-, 强调。-plic, 编织,组成,词源apply,implicate. 即多成分,复杂的。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:complicate 词源,complicate 含义。
complicate:(使)错综复杂,(使)复杂化
词根词缀: com-一起 + -plic-折叠 + -ate动词词尾 → 使重叠在一起