courteous
/ˈkɜːti.əs//ˈkɝti.əs/
- adj.
- 彬彬有礼，谦恭的
中文释义来自 ECDICT
构词拆解
- -eous
- Used with nouns to form adjectives with the sense of resembling or having the characteristics of the suffixed term; similar to -ous.
词源链
- 英语English
courteous
词源说明
From Middle English curteis, from Old French curteis (French courtois), from cort (“court”). By surface analysis, court + -eous.
Compare typologically Czech zdvořilý (<~ dvůr), German höflich (<~ Hof). Also note Russian прийти́сь ко двору́ (prijtísʹ ko dvorú).
Compare typologically civil, urbane. See pagan for the opposite.