【来源及含义】Latin: to pluck, to pick out, to gather, to select
【相关描述】The change of Latin "a" to "e" is due to the Latin phonetic law according to which in the unaccented and closed radical syllable of the second element of compounds, original "a" becomes "e".
【同源单词】Ancestors or Latin origins of words in English, cacoethes carpendi, caco, Carpe diem, Carpe noctem, Carpent tua poma nepotes