英文词源
- pedestrian (adj.)
- 1716, "prosaic, dull" (of writing), from Latin pedester (genitive pedestris) "plain, not versified, prosaic," literally "on foot" (sense contrasted with equester "on horseback"), from pedes "one who goes on foot," from pes (genitive pedis) "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). Meaning "going on foot" is first attested 1791 in English (it also was a sense of Latin pedester). The earlier adjective in English was pedestrial (1610s).
- pedestrian (n.)
- "walker," 1793, from pedestrian (adj.).
中文词源
pedestrian：步行者，行人
来源于拉丁语pedester(步行的)
词根词缀： -ped-足 + estr + -ian…人
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pedestrian：行人
来自拉丁语pedester,步行，步行的，来自pedis,脚，来自PIE*ped,脚，词源同foot,biped.