英文词源
- inferior
- inferior: see under
- inferior (adj.)
- early 15c., of land, "low, lower," from Latin inferior "lower, further down" (also used figuratively), comparative of inferus (adj.) "that is below or beneath," from infra "below" (see infra-). Meaning "lower in degree, rank, or importance" is from 1530s; also in an absolute sense, "of low quality or rank."
- inferior (n.)
- "person inferior to another in rank, etc.," early 15c., from inferior (adj.).
中文词源
来自拉丁语infra,在下面的，低的，词源同nether,-ior,比较级后缀。即更下的，更低的，引申词义低等的。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：inferior 词源，inferior 含义。
来源于拉丁语形容词inferus(低的)的比较级inferior。
词根词缀： infer低的 + -ior形容词词尾
