associateyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[associate 词源字典]
associate: [14] Latin socius meant ‘companion’ (it is related to English sequel and sue), and has spawned a host of English words, including social, sociable, society, and socialism. In Latin, a verb was formed from it, using the prefix ad- ‘to’: associāre ‘unite’. Its past participle, associātus, was borrowed into English as an adjective, associate; its use as a verb followed in the 15th century, and as a noun in the 16th century.
=> sequel, social, society, sue[associate etymology, associate origin, 英语词源]
associate (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
mid-15c., from Latin associatus past participle of associare "join with," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + sociare "unite with," from socius "companion" (see social (adj.)). Related: Associated; associating. Earlier form of the verb was associen (late 14c.), from Old French associier "associate (with)."
associate (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1530s, from associate (adj.).
associate (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
early 15c., "allied, connected, paired," from Latin associatus, past participle of associare (see associate (v.)).