- restive
[restive 词源字典]
- restive: see rest
[restive etymology, restive origin, 英语词源] - restive (adj.)
- early 15c., restyffe "not moving forward," from Middle French restif "motionless, brought to a standstill" (Modern French rétif), from rester "to remain" (see rest (n.2)). Sense of "unmanageable" (1680s) evolved via notion of a horse refusing to go forward.