英文词源
- redound
- redound: see redundant
- redound (v.)
- late 14c., "to overflow," from Old French redonder "overflow, abound, be in profusion" (12c.), from Latin redundare "to overflow" (see redundant). Meaning "to flow or go back" (to a place or person) is from late 14c.; hence "to rebound" (c. 1500), and "to contribute to" (the credit, honor, etc.), early 15c. Related: Redounded; redounding.
中文词源
来自拉丁语 redundare,流出,来自 red-,往后,-und,水,水流,词源同 undulate,abound.即原义 为流出,多余,见 redundant.后前缀词义发生变化为 red-,再,重新,-und,水,水流,即再次 流进,流入,因而引申现词义。
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