英语词汇deterioration的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	deterioration
词源	deterioration n. "a growing or making worse," 1650s, possibly a native formation, or else from French détérioration (15c.), noun of action from détériorer, from Late Latin deteriorare "get worse; make worse" (see deteriorate). Entries linking to deterioration deteriorate v. 1640s, transitive, "make worse, reduce in quality," from Late Latin deterioratus, past participle of deteriorare "get worse; make worse," from Latin deterior "worse, lower, inferior, meaner," contrastive of deter "bad, lower," from PIE de-tero-, from demonstrative stem *de- (see de). Intransitive sense "grow worse, degenerate" is by 1758. Related: Deteriorated; deteriorating. updated on August 04, 2018
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deterioration n.