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precipitous (adj.)
[precipitous 词源字典]
1640s, "rash, headlong," from obsolete French
precipiteux
(16c.), from Vulgar Latin
*praecipitosus
, from
praecipitare
(see
precipitation
). Related:
Precipitously
;
precipitousness
.
[precipitous etymology, precipitous origin, 英语词源]