英语词汇maceration的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	maceration
词源	maceration n. late 15c., "act or process of making lean or thin," from Latin macerationem (nominative maceratio) "a steeping, soaking; a making soft or tender," noun of action from past-participle stem of macerare "to make soft or tender; soften by steeping or soaking;" in transferred sense "to weaken" in body or mind, "to waste away, enervate" (see macerate). Meaning "act or process of almost dissolving by steeping in a fluid" is from 1610s. Entries linking to maceration macerate v. late 15c., "soften and separate by steeping in a fluid," a back-formation from maceration, or else from Latin maceratus, past participle of macerare "to make soft or tender; soften by steeping or soaking;" in transferred sense "to weaken" in body or mind, "to waste away, enervate," which is related to maceria "garden wall," originally "of kneaded clay," probably from PIE mak-ero-, suffixed form of root mag- "to knead, fashion, fit," but there are phonetic difficulties. Related: Macerated; macerating. updated on October 26, 2018
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maceration n.