英语词汇decide的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	decide
词源	decide [LME] Decide comes from Latin decidere ‘determine’, from de- meaning ‘off’ and caedere ‘to cut’. Caedere is also found in concise [L16th] literally ‘cut up’; excise [L16th] ‘cut out’; precise [LME] ‘cut in advance or short’; scissors, and suicide* [M17th] ‘cut or kill yourself’.
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