frequentative

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.
形容词 adj.
  1. Serving to express repetition of an action. not-comparable
    — "Crackle" is an English frequentative verb derived from "crack".

词形变化

freq. alternative frequentatives plural freq. alternative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ-der.?
Proto-Italic *frekʷents
Latin frequēns
Latin frequentāreder.
Late Latin frequentātīvusder.
Middle English frequentatyf
English frequentative
Inherited from Middle English frequentatyf, from Late Latin frequentātīvus, from Latin frequentāre (“to do or use often”), from frequēns (“crowded, crammed; frequent, repeated”), from Proto-Italic *frekʷents, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- (“to stuff”).
By surface analysis, frequent + -ative.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ-der.?
Proto-Italic *frekʷents
Latin frequēns
Latin frequentāreder.
Late Latin frequentātīvusder.
Middle English frequentatyf
English frequentative
Inherited from Middle English frequentatyf, from Late Latin frequentātīvus, from Latin frequentāre (“to do or use often”), from frequēns (“crowded, crammed; frequent, repeated”), from Proto-Italic *frekʷents, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- (“to stuff”).
By surface analysis, frequent + -ative.
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