primogeniture
英 [,pra?m?(?)'d?en?t??]
美[,pra?mo'd??n?t??]
助記提示
1、primo- + genit- + -ure.
2、含義：first-born, right of succession of the first-born.
中文詞源
primogeniture 長子身份來自prime,第一的，首先的，-gen,生育，出生，詞源同gene,generate.引申詞義長子，長子身份。
英文詞源
- primogeniture (n.)
- "right of succession of the first-born," c. 1600, from French primogeniture and directly from Medieval Latin primogenitura, from Late Latin primogenitus "first-born," from Latin primo (adv.) "first in order of time," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)) + genitus, past participle of gignere "to beget" (see genus). Earlier it meant simply "fact of being first-born" (1590s).
雙語例句
- 1. He inherited his father by right of his primogeniture.
- 他憑著長子繼承權,繼承了他父親的財產(chǎn).
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