英文词源
- mediator (n.)
- mid-14c., from Late Latin mediatorem (nominative mediator) "one who mediates," agent noun from past participle stem of mediari "to intervene, mediate," also "to be or divide in the middle," from Latin medius "in the middle" (see medial (adj.)). Originally applied to Christ, who in Christian theology "mediates" between God and man. Meaning "one who intervenes between two disputing parties" is first attested late 14c. Feminine form mediatrix (originally of the Virgin Mary) from c. 1400. Related: Mediatorial; mediatory.
中文词源
来自mediate,调停，调解，-or,人。即中间人，调解者，最初该词用于指耶稣基督，即基督在人和神之间的沟通和调停，后词义通用化。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：mediator 词源，mediator 含义。
词根词缀： -medi-中间 + -ator名词词尾
