英语词汇provoking的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	provoking
词源	provoking adj. 1520s, "that incites or instigates," present-participle adjective from provoke. Meaning "irritating, frustrating, having the power or quality of exciting resentment" is attested from 1640s. Related: Provokingly. Entries linking to provoking provoke v. late 14c., provoken, in medicine, "to induce" (sleep, vomiting, etc.), "to stimulate" (appetite), from Old French provoker, provochier (12c., Modern French provoquer) and directly from Latin provocare "call forth, challenge," from pro "forth" (from PIE root per- (1) "forward") + vocare "to call," which is related to vox (genitive vocis) "voice" (from PIE root wekw- "to speak"). Related: Provoked; provoking. The general sense of "urge, incite, stimulate to action" is from c. 1400. updated on December 27, 2020
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provoking adj.