英文词源
- delinquent
- delinquent: see relic
- delinquent (n.)
- late 15c., from Middle French délinquant, from present participle of délinquer (15c.), and directly from Latin delinquentum (nominative delinquens), present participle of delinquere "to fail; be wanting, fall short; offend," from de- "completely" (see de-) + linquere "to leave" (see relinquish). As an adjective, from c. 1600.
中文词源
delinquent：不良青少年
de-, 向下，离开。-linqu, 留下，遗弃，词源同leave, relinquish. 即被遗弃的人，缺乏管教的人，后主要指少年犯，不良青少年。
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