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respect

/rɪˈspekt/

How does a second look become esteem?再看一眼,怎样变成了敬意?

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A feeling of admiration or deference, and the regard one gives.赞赏或敬重的感觉,以及给予的那种看待。

Historical历史形态

Take it apart拆开来看

Historical morphology. Latin re- plus specere, to look back. English borrowed the noun of regard. The pieces are not a productive modern pattern.历史形态。拉丁语 re- 加 specere,回头看。英语借入的是表示看待的名词。这些部件不是现代仍能用来造词的模式。

Travel through time穿过时间

  1. Latin拉丁语

    specere

    to look看

  2. Latin拉丁语

    respicere

    to look back at回头看

  3. Latin拉丁语

    respectus

    a looking back, regard一次回头,一种看待

  4. English英语

    respect

    regard, esteem看待,敬意

View research notes查看研究笔记

How the meaning moved意义如何移动

  1. 01 · Latin01 · 拉丁语

    a looking back一次回头看

  2. 02 · English02 · 英语

    regard, a relation, an aspect看待、关系、方面

  3. 03 · English03 · 英语

    esteem, deference敬意,尊重

Story故事

Looking back, then holding someone in regard回头看,然后把一个人放在敬意里

Latin respicere is re- plus specere: to look back at. From the looking came respectus, a regard, a consideration, an aspect under which something is seen. English took the noun and let it deepen.

A respect can still mean a particular regard, as in “in this respect.” It also became the esteem you give a person. The eye turned back, and what it turned back toward acquired weight.

Nothing in the modern word requires you to picture a Roman glancing over a shoulder. The historical cut explains the build. It does not license a new English verb every time you look twice. Inspect looks into. Respect looks back, and stays.

拉丁语 respicere 是 re- 加 specere:回头看。从这种看里生出 respectus,一种看待、一种考虑、事物被看见的一个方面。英语接过这个名词,并让它加深。

respect 仍可以指一种特定的方面,如 in this respect。它也变成你给予一个人的敬意。眼睛转回去,它所转向的东西有了分量。

现代这个词并不要求你想象一个罗马人回头一瞥。历史的切分解释词是怎么造成的。它并不许可你每回头看一次就造一个新的英语动词。inspect 向内看。respect 回头看,并且停在那里。

Keep wandering继续漫游

Research notes研究笔记

Confidence · High把握 · 高

The outline is the ordinary account in historical dictionaries.轮廓与历史词典里的通行说法一致。

Sources出处

An outline for the visitor, not a critical edition.给访客的纲要,不是校勘本。

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