英语词汇diminished的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	diminished
词源	diminished adj. c. 1600, "made smaller, lessened, contracted," past-participle adjective from diminish. In music, in reference to chords, "having a diminished interval between its upper and lower tones," by 1720s; especially in diminished seventh (by 1752), a chord consisting of the root, 3rd, 5th, and 7th. Entries linking to diminished diminish v. early 15c., diminishen, "to lessen, make or seem to make smaller," from merger of two obsolete verbs, diminue and minish. Diminue (late 14c.) is from Old French diminuer "make small," from Latin diminuere "break into small pieces," variant of deminuere "lessen, diminish," from de- "completely" (see de-) + minuere "make small" (from PIE root *mei- (2) "small"). Minish (mid-14c.) is from Old French menuisier, from Latin minuere. Meaning "to lower in power, importance, or estimation" is from mid-15c. Intransitive sense of "to grow less, become or appear smaller" is from 1510s. Related: Diminishes; diminishing. updated on July 04, 2022
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diminished adj.