英语词汇raptorial的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	raptorial
词源	raptorial adj. "predatory, preying upon animals," 1825, from raptor + -ial. Alternative raptatorial "predacious" (1840) is from Latin raptatus, past participle of raptare. OED says raptatory is "recent" and Century Dictionary marks raptorious (1819, of insects) as "rare." Entries linking to raptorial raptor n. late 14c., raptour, "a plundering bird of prey;" c. 1600, "ravisher, abductor," from Latin raptor "a robber, plunderer, abductor, ravisher," agent noun from past-participle stem of rapere "to seize" (see rapid). Modern ornithological use is by 1873, from Raptores, the order name of the birds of prey (1823, a Latin plural). -ial adjectival word-forming element, variant of -al (1) with connective -i-. From Latin -ialis, in which the -i- originally was from the stem of the word being attached but later came to be felt as connective. updated on April 22, 2021
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raptorial adj.