英语词汇preposterous的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	preposterous
词源	preposterous adj. 1540s, "contrary to nature, reason, or common sense," from Latin praeposterus "absurd, contrary to nature, inverted, perverted, in reverse order," literally "before-behind" (compare topsy-turvy,cart before the horse), from prae "before" (see pre-) + posterus "subsequent, coming after," from post "after" (see post-). The sense gradually shaded into "foolish, ridiculous, stupid, absurd." The literal meaning "reversed in order or arrangement, having that last which ought to be first" (1550s) is now obsolete in English. In 17c. English also had a verb preposterate "to make preposterous, pervert, invert." Related: Preposterously; preposterousness. Entries linking to preposterous pre- word-forming element meaning "before," from Old French pre- and Medieval Latin pre-, both from Latin prae (adverb and preposition) "before in time or place," from PIE peri- (source also of Oscan prai, Umbrian pre, Sanskrit pare "thereupon," Greek parai "at," Gaulish are- "at, before," Lithuanian prie "at," Old Church Slavonic pri "at," Gothic faura, Old English fore "before"), extended form of root per- (1) "forward," hence "beyond, in front of, before." The Latin word was active in forming verbs. Also see prae-. Sometimes in Middle English muddled with words in pro- or per-. post- word-forming element meaning "after," from Latin post "behind, after, afterward," from pos-ti (source also of Arcadian pos, Doric poti "toward, to, near, close by;" Old Church Slavonic po "behind, after," pozdu "late;" Lithuanian pas "at, by"), from PIE apo- (source also of Greek apo "from," Latin ab "away from" see apo-). updated on October 19, 2020
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preposterous adj.

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