英文词源
- declare
- declare: [14] To declare something is to make it ‘clear’. English acquired the word from Latin dēclārāre ‘make clear’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē- and clārāre ‘make clear’, a derivative of clārus ‘clear’.
=> claret, clear - declare (v.)
- early 14c., from Old French declarer "explain, elucidate," or directly from Latin declarare "make clear, reveal, disclose, announce," from de- intensive prefix (see de-) + clarare "clarify," from clarus "clear" (see clear (adj.)). Related: Declared; declaring.
中文词源
de-, 向下，强调。-clar, 清晰，明确，词源同clear, clarify.引申义公告。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：declare 词源，declare 含义。
declare：宣称，声明，(向海关)申报(进口应纳税之货物)
词根词缀： de-加强意义 + -clar- 清楚,明白 + -e 动词词尾→ 说清楚,讲明白
