- destitute
[destitute 词源字典]
- destitute: see statue
[destitute etymology, destitute origin, 英语词源] - destitute (adj.)
- late 14c., "abandoned, forsaken," from Latin destitutus "abandoned," past participle of destituere "forsake," from de- "away" + statuere "put, place," causative of stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Originally literal; sense of "lacking resources, impoverished" is 1530s.