英文词源
- mortuary
- mortuary: see mortal
- mortuary (n.)
- early 14c., from Anglo-French mortuarie "gift to a parish priest from a deceased parishioner," from Medieval Latin mortuarium, noun use of neuter of Late Latin adjective mortuarius "pertaining to the dead," from Latin mortuus, past participle of mori "to die" (see mortal (adj.)). Meaning "place where bodies are kept temporarily" first recorded 1865, a euphemism for earlier deadhouse.
- mortuary (adj.)
- 1510s, "pertaining to death," from Late Latin mortuarius "of the dead," from Latin mortuus "dead" (see mortuary (n.)).
中文词源
来自拉丁语mors,死亡，死的，词源同mortal,murder.-ary,表地方。委婉语。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：mortuary 词源，mortuary 含义。
mortuary：停尸房；(医院的)太平间；殡仪馆
词根词缀： -mort-死 + -u- + -ary形容词词尾
