英语词汇supplement的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	supplement
词源	supplement n. late 14c., from Latin supplementum "that which fills up, that with which anything is made full or whole, something added to supply a deficiency," from supplere "to fill up" (see supply (v.)). supplement v. 1829, from supplement (n.). Compare Spanish suplementar. Related: Supplemented; supplementing. Entries linking to supplement supply v. late 14c., "to help, support, maintain," also "fill up, make up for," from Old French soupplier "fill up, make full" (Modern French suppléer) and directly from Latin supplere "fill up, make full, complete," from assimilated form of sub "up from below" (see sub-) + plere "to fill" (from PIE root *pele- (1) "to fill"). The meaning "furnish, provide" first recorded 1520s. Related: Supplied; supplying. supplemental adj. c. 1600, from supplement (n.) + -al (1). Related: Supplementally. Generally "added to supply what is wanted," whereas supplementary historically tends toward "added as something secondary or supernumerary." supplementary adj. 1660s, "added as something extra," from supplement (n.) + -ary. Suppletory in the same sense is from 1620s. updated on December 30, 2013
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supplement n.