英文词源
- secure
- secure: [16] Something that is secure is etymologically ‘carefree’. The word was borrowed from Latin sēcūrus, a compound adjective formed from the prefix sē- ‘without’ and cūra ‘care’ (source of English curate, cure, etc). The metaphorical extension from ‘free from care’ to ‘free from danger, safe’ took place in post-Augustan Latin. Sure is in effect a telescoped version of secure.
=> curate, cure, sure - secure (adj.)
- 1530s, "without care, dreading no evil," from Latin securus, of persons, "free from care, quiet, easy," also in a bad sense, "careless, reckless;" of things, "tranquil; free from danger, safe," from *se cura, from se "free from" (see secret (n.1)) + cura "care" (see cure (n.)).
In English, of places, "free from danger, unexposed," from 1580s. Meaning "firmly fixed" (of material things) is from 1841, on notion of "affording grounds for confidence." Of telephones, "not wiretapped," from 1961. Replaced Middle English siker, from Old English sicor, from the Latin word. Related: Securely. - secure (v.)
- c. 1600, "to make safe," from secure (adj.). Meaning "ensure, make certain" is from 1650s; that of "seize and hold" is from 1640s; sense of "get possession" is from 1743. Related: Secured; securing.
中文词源
secure：安全的，可靠的；无忧虑的，放心的
来源于拉丁语中由前缀se-(分离,没有)和名词cura(关心)组成的securus(无忧无虑的,没有危险的)。
词根词缀： se-分离 + -cur-关心 → 不用关心了 → 安全的,可靠的
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：secure 词源，secure 含义。
secure：安全的
secure和sure（确定的）同源，都来源于同一个拉丁语单词，不过传入英语的路径不同：secure是由拉丁语直接进入，sure是通过古法语进入的。se-前缀“without”，其实就是否定前缀；cure=care“担心，关心”；因为安全所以不用担心，因为确定所以不去在意。
secure：安全的，可靠的
se-,分开，没有，-cur,关心，挂念，照顾，词源同 cure,curator.即不需要挂念的，引申词义安 全的，可靠的等。