英语词汇invite的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	invite
词源	invite v. "solicit to come," 1530s, a back-formation from invitation, or else from French inviter (15c.), from Latin invitare "to invite," also "to summon, challenge; to feast, to entertain," a word of uncertain origin. Related: Invited; inviting. invite n. "an invitation," 1650s, from invite (v.). Entries linking to invite invitation n. mid-15c., "act of inviting, solicitation," from Latin invitationem (nominative invitatio) "an invitation, incitement, challenge," noun of action from past participle stem of invitare "invite, treat, entertain," originally "be pleasant toward," from in- "toward" (from PIE root en "in"). The second element is obscure. Watkins suggests a suffixed form of the PIE root weie- "to go after something, pursue with vigor" (see gain (v.)); de Vaan also traces it to a PIE form meaning "pursued." Meaning "the spoken or written form in which a person is invited" is from 1610s. inviting adj. "attractive, alluring," c. 1600, present-participle adjective from invite (v.). Related: Invitingly. invitation (n.)inviting (adj.)disinvite (v.)invitee (n.)reinvite (v.)uninvite (v.)uninvited (adj.) updated on December 07, 2020
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