英语词汇truculent的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	truculent
词源	truculent adj. 1530s, from Latin truculentus "fierce, savage, stern, harsh, cruel," from trux (genitive trucis) "fierce, rough, savage, wild," perhaps from a suffixed form of PIE root tere- (2) "cross over, pass through, overcome." Related: Truculently. Entries linking to truculent* tere- 2 terə- Proto-Indo-European root meaning "cross over, pass through, overcome." It forms all or part of: avatar; caravanserai; nectar; nectarine; nostril; seraglio; thrill; thorough; through; tranche; trans-; transient; transom; trench; truculent; truncate; trunk. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit tirah, Avestan taro "through, beyond;" Latin trans "beyond;" Old Irish tre, Welsh tra "through;" Old English þurh "through." truculence n. 1727, from Latin truculentia "savageness, cruelty," from truculentus (see truculent). Related: Truculency (1560s). updated on October 19, 2017
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truculent adj.