英语词汇controvert的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	controvert
词源	controvert v. c. 1600, "dispute (something), oppose by argument" (a sense now obsolete); 1610s, "to make the subject of verbal contention, debate, discuss; contend against (someone) in argument," probably a back-formation from controversy. Related: Controverted; controverting; controvertible. Entries linking to controvert controversy n. "disputation, debate, prolonged agitation of contrary opinions," late 14c., from Old French controversie "quarrel, disagreement" or directly from Latin controversia "a turning against; contention, quarrel, dispute," from controversus "turned in an opposite direction, disputed, turned against," from contra "against" (see contra (prep., adv.)) + versus "turned toward or against," past participle of vertere "to turn" (from PIE root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend"). incontrovertible adj. "too clear or certain to admit of dispute or controversy," 1640s, from in- (1) "not" + controvertible (see controvert). Related: Incontrovertibly; incontrovertibility. uncontroverted adj. "not liable to be called into question," 1640s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of controvert (v.). updated on March 18, 2018
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