setback
n.
also set-back, 1670s, "reversal, check to progress," from set, v. + back, adv.. Sometimes backset was used in the same sense. Meaning "space between a building and a property line" is from 1916. To set (someone) back "cost" is from 1900.
| 词汇 | setback |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary setback n. also set-back, 1670s, "reversal, check to progress," from set, v. + back, adv.. Sometimes backset was used in the same sense. Meaning "space between a building and a property line" is from 1916. To set (someone) back "cost" is from 1900. |
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