英语词汇*kerp-的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	*kerp-
词源	kerp- Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to gather, pluck, harvest." It forms all or part of: carpe diem; carpel; carpet; carpo- (1) "fruit;" excerpt; harvest; scarce; scarcity. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit krpana- "sword," krpani "shears;" Greek karpos "fruit," karpizomai "make harvest of;" Latin carpere "to cut, divide, pluck;" Lithuanian kerpu, kirpti "to cut;" Middle Irish cerbaim "cut;" Old English hærfest "autumn." Entries linking to kerp- carpe diem 1786, Latin, "enjoy the day," literally "pluck the day (while it is ripe)," an aphorism from Horace ("Odes" I.xi). From second person present imperative of carpere "seize" (from PIE root kerp- "to gather, pluck, harvest") + accusative of dies "day" (from PIE root dyeu- "to shine"). carpel n. "pistil or pistil-part of a plant," 1835, from Modern Latin carpellum (1817 in French), a diminutive form from Greek karpos "fruit" (also "returns, profit"), literally "that which is plucked" (from PIE root *kerp- "to gather, pluck, harvest"). Related: Carpellary. carpe diemcarpel (n.)carpet (n.)carpo- (1)excerpt (v.)harvest (n.)scarce (adj.)scarcity (n.)carp (v.) updated on January 25, 2018
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