英语词汇complicated的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	complicated
词源	complicated adj. 1640s, "composed of interconnected parts, not simple," past-participle adjective from complicate. Figurative meaning "not easy to solve, intricate, confused, difficult to explain or understand" is from 1650s. Related: Complicatedness. Entries linking to complicated complicate v. 1620s, "to intertwine," from Latin complicatus "folded together; confused, intricate," past participle of complicare "to involve," literally "to fold together," from com "with, together" (see com-) + plicare "to fold, weave" (from PIE root *plek- "to plait"). Meaning "to make more complex or intricate" is recorded from 1832, from earlier sense "to combine in a complex way" (17c.). Related: Complicated; complicating. uncomplicated adj. 1724, from un- (1) "not" + complicated. updated on February 01, 2019
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complicated adj.