- supplement
[supplement 词源字典]
- supplement: see supply
[supplement etymology, supplement origin, 英语词源] - supplement (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin supplementum "that which fills up, that with which anything is made full or whole, something added to supply a deficiency," from supplere "to fill up" (see supply (v.)).
- supplement (v.)
- 1829, from supplement (n.). Compare Spanish suplementar. Related: Supplemented; supplementing.