英语词汇negligent的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	negligent
词源	negligent adj. late 14c., necligent, of persons, "remiss, indifferent to duty," from Old French negligent "careless, negligent" (13c.) and directly from Latin negligentem (nominative neglegens) "heedless, careless, unconcerned," present participle of neglegere "to neglect" (see neglect (v.)). Of action, conduct, etc., c. 1500. Related: Negligently. Entries linking to negligent neglect v. 1520s, "omit to do or perform;" 1530s, "treat carelessly or heedlessly, treat with disrespect or without proper attention or care;" from Latin neglectus, past participle of neglegere "to make light of, disregard, be indifferent to, not heed, not trouble oneself about," literally "not to pick up," variant of neclegere, from Old Latin nec "not" (from PIE root ne- "not") + legere "pick up, select," from PIE root leg- (1) "to collect, gather." Related: Neglected; neglecting. updated on May 16, 2019
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negligent adj.