英语词汇consult的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	consult
词源	consult v. "ask advice of, seek the opinion of as a guide to one's own judgment," 1520s, from French consulter (16c.), from Latin consultare "consult, take the advice of," frequentative of consulere "to take counsel, meet and consider," originally probably "to call together," as in consulere senatum "to gather the senate" (to ask for advice), from Proto-Italic kom-sel-e-, from kom- "with, together" (see con-) + sel-e- "take, gather together," from PIE root s(e)lh- "to take" (said to be also the source of Middle Welsh dyrllid "to earn," Gothic saljan "to sacrifice," Old Norse selja "to sell, hand over"). Related: Consulted; consulting. Entries linking to consult con- word-forming element meaning "together, with," sometimes merely intensive; it is the form of com- used in Latin before consonants except -b-, -p-, -l-, -m-, or -r-. In native English formations (such as costar), co- tends to be used where Latin would use con-. consultant n. 1690s, "person who consults an oracle," from consult + -ant. In medicine, "physician called in by the attending physician to give consultation in a case," by 1872 (perhaps from French, where it was in use by 1867); general meaning "one qualified to give professional advice" is first attested 1893 in a Sherlock Holmes story. Related: Consultancy (1955). consultative adj. "pertaining to consultation, advisory," 1580s, from Medieval Latin *consultativus, from consultat-, past-participle stem of consultare "consult, take the advice of" (see consult). updated on November 28, 2020
随便看	buccal buccaneer bucephalus buck buckaroo buckboard bucket buckeye buckhorn buckinghamshire buckish buckle buckler bucko buckra buckram buckshot buckskin buck-tooth buckwheat bucolic bud budapest buddha buddhism

英语词源词典收录了45867条英语词源词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史，是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。

consult v.

Entries linking to consult