英文字彙與字源學 Week 13

英文字彙與字源學 Week 13

manu	hand	manufacture (n.) 1560s, "something made by hand," from Middle French manufacture, from Medieval Latin *manufactura (source of Italian manifattura, Spanish manufactura), from Latin manu, ablative of manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)) + factura "a working," from past participle stem of facere "to perform" (see factitious). Sense of "process of manufacturing" first recorded c. 1600. Related: Manufactures.
mater	mother, home	mater- comb. form meaning "mother," from Latin mater (see mother (n.)). maternal (adj.) late 15c., from Old French maternel (14c.), from Vulgar Latin *maternalis, from Latin maternus "maternal, of a mother," from mater "mother" (see mother (n.1)).
medi	middle	median (adj.) 1590s, from Middle French médian (15c.) and directly from Latin medianus "of the middle," from medius "in the middle" (see medial (adj.)). Originally anatomical, of veins, arteries, nerves. Median strip "strip between lanes of traffic" is from 1954.
multi	many	multi- before vowels mult-, word-forming element meaning "many, many times, much," from comb. form of Latin multus "much, many," from PIE *ml-to-, from root *mel- (4) "strong, great, numerous" (source also of Latin melior "better," Greek mala "very, very much"). Many words that use it (multinational, etc.) are 20c. coinages.