英语词汇devastate的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	devastate
词源	devastate v. 1630s, "lay waste, ravage, make desolate," perhaps a back-formation from devastation. Apparently not common until 19c.; earlier verb form devast is attested from 1530s, from French devaster, from Latin devastare. Figurative use is by 1856. Related: devastated; devastating. Entries linking to devastate devastation n. "ravage, act of devastating; state of being devastated," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin devastationem (nominative devastatio), noun of action from past-participle stem of Latin devastare "lay waste completely," from de- "completely" (see de-) + vastare "lay waste," from vastus "empty, desolate," from PIE wasto-, extended suffixed form of root eue- "to leave, abandon, give out." devastating adj. 1630s, "laying waste, ravaging," present-participle adjective from devastate. Trivial or hyperbolic use is by 1889. updated on December 07, 2020
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