英语词汇partiality的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	partiality
词源	partiality n. "one-sidedness, unjust or unreasonable preference for one party in a dispute or transaction," early 15c., parcialte, from Old French parcialite and directly from Medieval Latin partialitatem (nominative partialitas), from partialis "divisible; partial" (see partial). Entries linking to partiality partial adj. late 14c., "not whole or total, incomplete;" early 15c., "one-sided, biased, inclined to favor one party in a cause or one side of a question more than the other," also "pertaining to a selfish interest rather than to a common or larger good," from Old French parcial (14c., Modern French partial) and directly from Medieval Latin partialis "divisible, solitary, partial," from Latin pars (genitive partis) "a part, piece, a share, a division" (from PIE root *pere- (2) "to grant, allot"). Weakened sense of "favorably disposed" is from 1580s. Meaning "affecting a part only, not universal or general" is by 1640s. updated on February 01, 2020
随便看	complaisant compleat complect complected complection complement complementarity complementary complete completely completeness completion completive complex complexion complexity compliance compliant complicate complicated complication complicity compliment complimentary compline

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partiality n.