emboss
中文来自 ECDICT
- vt.
- 浮雕，加以浮饰，装饰
1词源 1
构词拆分
em-前缀
The form taken by en- before the labial consonants b and p, as it assimilates place of articulation.
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boss词根/词干
“bump, lump, protuberance”
演变路径（由近及远）
原始词根
原始印欧语 *bʰewd-
词源说明
The verb is derived from Late Middle English embossen, embosen, embocen (“to be bloated; to bulge; to cause to bulge; to ornament in relief, emboss”) [and other forms], from Old French embocer (modern French embosser), from em- (a variant of en- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’)) + boce (“swelling”) + -er (suffix forming verbs); boce (“swelling”) is derived from Vulgar Latin *bottia (“a bump”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat; to bump, knock; to push”). The English word is analysable as em- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’) + boss (“bump, lump, protuberance”).
The noun is derived from the verb.